PIRELLI: COVID-19 SEROLOGICAL TESTS AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES IN ITALY FROM NEXT WEEK
THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO STRENGHTEN THE SAFE RESTART OF ACTIVITIES
Milan, 5 June 2020 – Pirelli, in cooperation with the San Raffaele Hospital and with the support of Università degli Studi of Milan- the Luigi Sacco Department of Biomedical Sciences and Clinic, will from next week offer the group’s roughly 3,100 employees in Italy, the possibility of undergoing serological screening for Covid-19 aimed at further strengthening the safe restart of activities after the lockdown.
Pirelli will offer rapid testing, through needle prick to the fingertip, and, should the result call for it, conduct at the same time venous exams and swabs as well. The serological screening will be carried out with the maximum level of safety inside company areas with the support of qualified health workers.
The scheme, employee participation in which will be voluntary, is one of a number measures Pirelli has adopted for the restart of activities aimed at protecting the health of all employees, which is the company’s priority.