The Coronavirus emergency it also and above all goes through the search for masks that have become mandatory in some regions, even in external environments. In fact throughout Italy the use of masks as individual protective devices they are currently the only weapons of protection against Coronavirus together with social distancing. In the last few months, finding them has not been easy at all due to an actual lack of material. Now it seems that the situation has slightly improved and that it is possible to find them in the pharmacy but also in other symbolic places such as supermarkets or parapharmacies.
How do you know why they are still available in a given store? Well four young Italians thought it well to take the idea of the apps that monitored the mileage queues at supermarkets of the past months and to bring it to the problem of finding the masks. So here it is ''trovamascherine.org'' a site created ad hoc by these 4 young Italians who have decided to create a free web platform to be able to monitor the availability of masks and other PPE in the various shops in Italy.
trovamascherine.org: how does it work?
The pourpose of trovamascherine.org to provide, in a safe, fast and free way, a service to citizens to find in their area some types of personal protective equipment particularly important also for the resumption of production activities: masks, disinfectant gels, disposable gloves and thermo-scanner.
'' The application born as a web app, therefore, must not be downloaded to the mobile phone but can be accessed directly on the site. Citizens will be able to connect to the site for free and find out which of the nearby pharmacies will find the PPE they are looking for, not having to go from pharmacy to pharmacy and thus avoiding unnecessary and dangerous contacts'' explainsGiovanni Fassio, strategic consultant.
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For the pharmacist, we clearly arrive at the totally free system and above all simple: each member pharmacy receives a link on their email. By clicking on this link you will have access to a protected web page, where you can update the currently available quantities of masks and other PPE. Lupdate designed to take less than 60 seconds and the platform designed solely to support citizens in the search for available devices, without requiring pharmacists to enter prices.
HERE is the Trovamascherine.org site where you can check the nearby pharmacies.
