Unfortunately, the period we are experiencing is really delicate because the pandemic does not seem to give us much respite and of cases of Coronavirus positive are also increasing a Napoli and in the rest of Campania.
The cause is not just the presence of a new variant, the Omicron, very contagious and spreading quickly, but also the many encounters that take place during the holiday period.
This increases the likelihood of coming into contact with a positive, that's why to feel safer there is run to the tampons, both rapid and molecular. A quick way to understand if you are positive or negative for the Coronavirus.
Before making a swab, however, it is also good understand if you have come into contact with a positive or such a suspicion and if one is therefore a case of close contact. What to do in these cases? In addition to buffer, you need to make a quarantine? We try to answer these questions and also understand where the different types of swabs for Covid can be made.
Close contacts
We often hear these two words by now: close contacts. But who I actually am and why are we worried about this situation? We are considered close contacts when we have been in close contact with others who are known to be positive and that they could expose us to a high risk of contagion. The following cases can occur:
- someone with whom you guest and who has contracted Covid;
- a positive person we met and had close contact with, for example one handshake or embrace;
- the case where you had a contact with the secretions of an infected person, for example a used handkerchief touched with bare hands;
- il close contact, less than 2 meters, with a positive for at least 15 minutes;
- sharing one same closed environment and without a mask with those who are infected.
What to do in case of a strict contract: we inform the doctor
Once you learn that you have had close contact with a Covid case, you have to inform the general practitioner who will book a tampon for the patient in one of the public or private facilities that perform it. Also, the doctor will inform the relevant ASL.
If you don't have a family doctor, you should call emergency medical Service.
Click the quarantine with subsequent swab
For the close contacts quarantine is planned after informing the ASL. Quarantine varies depending on whether you are vaccinated or not:
- i vaccinated must do a quarantine of 7 days from the last contact with the positive;
- i not vaccinated must do a quarantine of 10 days from the last contact with the positive.
Quarantine ended, a buffer molecular or antigenic.
How to reserve the swab at the end of the quarantine
You can book in the following ways:
- il family doctor books it for the patient;
- can also program the local health authority;
- if you fail with the previous two methods, you can go without an appointment at a center which carries out them by submitting the quarantine provision of the ASL.
Where to swab in Naples if you are not in quarantine
But how do you unravel the maze of places where you can make a molecular or antigenic swab in Naples? Often you have the need to take the test, without the obligation on the part of the ASL: for example, you want to be sure you are negative to meet other people or simply for yourself. So let's try to clear our minds by tidying up the many accredited places.
Swabs at pharmacies: the list
Le pharmacies are accredited to carry out antigenic swabs, also called rapid, both during normal service hours and when closed. Depending on the pharmacy, you have to book the tampon or not, so we recommend that you inquire directly at the pharmacy of your interest.
On Federfarma Naples you can consult the list of pharmacies in Naples and ask for information. All contacts and addresses are indicated.
We point out that in this period the lines can also be long because there is a great need to undergo tampons during the holidays.
The prices of tampons in the pharmacy
Here they are:
- the quick swab at the pharmacy costs 15 € for adults over 18 and under 12
- the price is 8 € for those between 12 and 17 years old.
Swabs in laboratories: the list
The swabs can also be made in private laboratories and you can choose between molecular and rapid swabs. Prices vary:
- i molecular buffers they have a cost that starts by 50 euro;
- i quick swabs they cost come on 10 € upward.
There are hundreds of laboratories throughout Campania and it is worthwhile see the complete list to get to know them.
Ne we point out in particular some among the largest:
- il Synlab laboratory, with four offices in Naples and one in San Giorgio a Cremano;
- theVarelli Institute with 12 offices in Naples and its province;
- il Center for Nuclear Medicine to the historic center.
