“Unfortunately this means that many people are not yet vaccinated“, commented Nicola Stabile, former president of Ferderfarma Campania, adding that for example” in Capri people ask for the test in order to access the nightlife and restaurants. “At the moment no vaccine has been authorized under the age of 12, so for that 6-12 age group the only ways to get the Green pass, which is optional, are to have a negative swab or be cured of Covid.
In Rome “it’s worse than at Christmas” – In the capital’s pharmacies they describe the large influx as “worse than at Christmas, when everyone came to swab to go to dinner with relatives and friends”. “These days – they say at the Damiani pharmacy in via Po – we have requests for 150-200 tests a day. These are families with children or teenagers who leave even just for the weekend and want the Green Pass to go to the restaurant. C ‘is a lot of work. “
In Milan and in the tourist areas great influx – Even in Milan, practically semi-deserted for holidays, the influx recorded to take the test is far greater than in recent months, according to Federfarma Lombardia. While in some tourist resorts the pharmacies are practically stormed every day: as in the case of Capri, where vacationers ask for the tampon and the 48-hour Green Pass to have access to nightlife venues, famous restaurants, fashion aperitif.
But in line in front of the pharmacies there are not only Italians leaving. The number of foreign tourists who swab before taking the plane and returning home is also high. However, for some countries, such as Tunisia and Egypt, entry is only possible with the result of a molecular test that only laboratories can perform. To play its part on the huge number of tampon requests was also the government’s decision to calm prices: 15 euros, instead of 22, for adults and 8 euros from 12 to 18 years. “Certainly this test run was favored by the lower prices. If before a family with two children spent around 90 euros for four people, now they pay less than fifty and get the Pass to enter closed places where it is required”, he explains. Stable.