Rosalía Gozalo places the arrows on the ground so that customers know where the entrance and exit is.

Its Las Gemelas pharmacy, located in the Villa de Vallecas district,

is one of the 250

that will begin to perform antigen tests in the districts and municipalities of the Madrid region.

Rosalía's pharmacy is large and has set up two separate spaces: on the right, there is the counter for regular customers and, on the left, the pharmaceutical care room has been converted to

carry out early detection

tests for

the coronavirus.

"We have two different areas to prevent people from crossing and respect the distance of two meters.

Safety is guaranteed,"

says Rosalía from her pharmacy, full of television cameras on the first day of the start of the tests.

However, the pharmacies and dental clinics in Madrid

could not do any tests this morning

because they had not yet arrived and they are expected to start later this week.

Citizens

cannot go on their own

to take the test or buy it at their usual pharmacy.

They will only be able to do so when they receive an SMS from Public Health that directs them to carry out the test in areas where there is a higher incidence of infections.

The Ministry of Health

has not authorized the private use of the tests

by individuals, despite requests from the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the Madrid College of Pharmacists.

"We demand the possibility

of selling tests in pharmacies

by monitoring the results so that citizens can take the test at home. It is very easy to do and it is something that customers ask us every day," explains the president of the Official College of Pharmacists of Madrid, Luis Gónzalez Díez.

Rosalía Gozalo is of the same opinion, who considers that the use of tests by individuals

would mean taking a qualitative leap

and being able to fight more quickly and effectively against the spread of the virus.

Citizens would take the test at home and bring the result to the pharmacy, which would be

in

charge

of sending the data to Public Health

and disposing of the waste.

Gozalo criticizes the fact that

the country's extensive network of pharmacies

has not been available until now

, while the health system is completely saturated.

"The person who comes to take the test is going to leave here with a lot of information. People trust the pharmacist a lot and we are going to tell them what to do. What Rosalía says goes to mass," he asserts.

This pharmacist and her twin sister will be in charge of carrying out the tests and for this they have had

to undergo a comprehensive course

and pass an exam.

Each pharmacy has different logistics and you will receive

the number of tests depending on your capacity

, your schedule and the staff you can dedicate to it.

The tests will be provided by the Ministry of Health, so they will be free for citizens.

And what then does the pharmacy gain by providing this service?

"We do not charge anything

, but we are committed to prevention. It is in our DNA. We are mothers and daughters and we want to protect ourselves and others," argues Gozalo.

For a few days he will stop working at the counter to go on to perform antigen tests

with the Epis suits

.

On whether she is afraid of being so exposed when the tests begin, she answers bluntly: "No. On the contrary, I am afraid of what will happen with what we do not do."

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