In a press release, the Air Force announced that the first three Drive Through stations set up as part of the "are operational from today at Lecco, Meda and Caponago.IGEA operation”, Strongly desired by the Ministry of Defense to increase, through specialized health personnel of all the Armed Forces, the daily capacity of the National Health Service to carry out swabs for the search for SARS-COV-2 throughout the national territory.
A further ten stations will be operational shortly at Linate, at the Presidio Sports Logistics Center of the 1st Milan Air Region, and at the urban centers of Vigevano, Pavia and Voghera. All the field structures supporting the aforementioned rapid test stations were prepared in a very short time, on the recommendation of the Joint Forces Operations Command, by personnel of the 3rd Wing of Villafranca, the projection logistic department of the Air Force, which can be quickly used for operational and logistical support to the forces deployed both in the national territory and outside the national borders, and in support of emergencies in the national field.
At the moment there are over fifty specialized health units of the Armed Force - including doctors, nurses and support personnel - sent to these areas in support of the emergency, which will work in coordination with the regional and local health authorities, many of which are enrolled through the competition. extraordinary banished in the summer to deal with the Covid-19 emergency.
These Drive Through Defense (DTD) stations will allow all citizens who need to carry out the quick swab to access the stations directly in the car, and then be directed to other dedicated stations for the molecular swab should it be necessary.
The attention of the Armed Forces is continuous and constant in all sectors - training, operational and logistics - and has made it possible to deploy all the assets required to combat the spread of Coronavirus with an important number of men, vehicles and structures. The Operational Command of Vertice Interforze continued to coordinate support activities for national health with the dispatch of military doctors and nurses, the preparation of military health facilities to welcome patients, emergency medical flights and bio-containment, transport of medical material and support for law enforcement agencies in public safety activities.