If you feel like getting an antigen test before Christmas, don't run to the pharmacy yet.
The promised free tests Isabel Díaz Ayuso
are delayed a week
, as announced by the Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero.
«The Community of Madrid will finally distribute the antigen tests in pharmacies next week, due to supply problems that we have had
from suppliers
.
Our intention was to start the distribution tomorrow and, therefore, the data is already loaded into the health cards, ”the counselor announced tonight.
Escudero also apologized
for the delay and confusion
that may have been generated among the population, which waits like May water for these free tests on the eve of company dinners and Christmas parties.
The plan was for the tests to arrive on Wednesday at the distributors, who were going to distribute them
among the nearly 3,000 pharmacies
in the region between Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th.
The president of the Official College of Pharmacists, Luis González Díez, recalled that citizens will have the test included in their electronic prescription.
“Each person can pick it up whenever they want or when they go to get their medication.
As it is included in the electronic prescription,
no one can withdraw it instead,
"explained Gónzalez.
The person in charge of the pharmacists recommended that the test be acquired before going to a social
gathering or family gathering on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve.
“If I am going to have a meal on the 25th, I will do it in the morning a few hours before attending.
The
self-test
is very easy to perform and the result is obtained in 15 minutes, "he added.
In the event that people want to do more than one test for the Christmas holidays,
the price is around 6 or 7 euros.
Sales increase
In fact, sales of these tests began to increase from last November and have gone
in crescendo
at the approach of Christmas.
González does not believe that long lines will occur, as happened
with the distribution of FFP2 masks
in May 2020, because at that time we were in the midst of a pandemic and there were supply problems.
The measure is part of the Covid-19 Plan for Christmas that the Madrid Executive has launched in light of
the increase in infections
and the emergence of the Ómicron variant.
Ayuso has ruled out massive closures for the holidays and his strategy
is based on prevention
, which is why he has bought four million self-diagnostic tests for the population.
To get the test, all you have
to do is present your health card
at any pharmacy.
The 600,000 mutualists from Madrid or those who do not have said document will be able to obtain the proof if they present their DNI or NIF.
With this campaign, the regional Executive aspires that social meetings are held safely and therefore companies are also urged to test their employees.
In any case, it must be remembered that the tests
can give false negatives
if the viral load is not high, so a negative result does not mean that the virus has not been contracted.
The Ayuso Executive has always opted
for antigen testing
as a weapon to combat Covid-19.
In fact, for several months, he maintained a pulse with the Government of Pedro Sánchez until he managed to sell the tests in pharmacies without the need for a prescription.
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