At Cuneo Airport, a voluntary quick swab to increase the safety of travelers
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday paid service in collaboration with the Pasteur Laboratory of Cuneo
Safe travel. The goal that Cuneo Airport set out to achieve is summarized in two words by introducing, thanks to the collaboration with the Pasteur Laboratory of Cuneo, the rapid swab service for passengers arriving and departing from Levaldigi airport. Antigenic oral-nasal-pharyngeal swabs are carried out on Tuesday and Friday from 1pm to 3pm and Saturday from 2pm to 5pm. This is not a mandatory buffer, which is why passengers who want to use it must book themselves voluntarily at least 48 hours in advance by sending an email to reservations@aeroporto.cuneo.it. The swab is carried out inside an equipped gazebo at the entrance to the airport, costs 55 euros and must be paid on the spot. The result is provided in 20 minutes.
“We have decided to introduce this new service in order to further increase the safety of those who fly through Cuneo – he explains Anna Milanese , director of Cuneo Airoport -. In fact, even if a recent study by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health that analyzes the strategies adopted by companies against Covid-19 confirmed that the risk of becoming infected during a flight is even lower than going to the grocery store or eating. outside, the psychosis triggered by the pandemic seems to have frozen the desire to travel ”.
“Our task is to provide a service, specifically to perform a quick and antigenic oral-nasopharyngeal swab by qualified personnel and in maximum safety – he explains Cristina Trucco of the Pasteur Laboratory of Cuneo -. For this reason we have set up an outdoor station, on the square in front of the entrance to the airport structure. The Pasteur Laboratory is accredited in the Piedmont Region for the execution of the test. Each examination carried out is reported and the result is entered on the public system platform “.
