Coronavirus, the Fortress: For the Red Cross is the Time of Kindness’: from grocery shopping to medical transportation

ROME. In this delicate moment for the Country, the activities of the Italian Red Cross intensifies in favour of the most vulnerable people. All the Committees, from the north to the south, already heavily engaged in the emergency activities to support the Regions, they are activating services in favour of the most fragile people: grocery shopping, transportation to the sick and to the delivery of medicines and goods of first necessity. There are hundreds of volunteers who, in these hours, with the appropriate personal Protective equipment (PPE), are offering assistance to the elderly and the weaker sections of the population: "All the Committees are putting into practice in the most extraordinary can be The Time of Kindness' - declares the President of the Red Cross, Francesco Rocca - thinking back to all the activities to be close to the fragile and always ensuring the safety of the volunteers. The three key words in this moment are smart, safe and kind: we continue to assist the population with intelligence and creativity, in safety and with kindness, always careful to the next".

in Addition to the activities on the territory, to continue the work of the operations Room of the toll-free number for Red Cross 800 - 06 55 10 with more than 500 calls per day. Operators should provide 24 hour a day information on correct behaviours to be observed and the procedures to be followed in the event of direct or indirect contact with positive subjects. In increase, in addition, requests from all over Italy that provide for the intervention of the doctors in the Operating Room for a first telephone assistance, and support in the activation of the hospital facilities. Intensified, finally, the service of psychological support and phone telecompagnia by psychologists and experts in the Operating Room: a useful and fundamental tool to assist you to deal with stress and uncertainty.

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