This week the Ministry of Health (minsa) announced that Peruvian pharmacies and drugstores would sell self-tests of COVID-19 nationally.
In recent weeks, the new variant omicron It has spread increasing cases in the country. It is so the National Association of Pharmacy Chains (Anacab) He commented that the test would cost between S/ 20 and S/ 45.
However, so far the product is found in the same chain of pharmacies and the package of 5 costs S/ 215, which means that the price of each test is approximately S/ 43.
However, this amount does not seem to be in line with the international market. According to Salud con Lupa, in European countries the figure would not exceed S/ 27.
The price of the self-test in Europe
In Spain, the Minister of Health Carolina Darias stated that the self-diagnosis tests will be 2.94 euros (S/ 13) and since last Saturday they would already be found in several establishments.
In France, one of the countries hardest hit by the fifth wave of coronavirus infections. Thus, in this country the test is a maximum of 6 euros (S/ 27).
One of the countries with the most affordable price is Germany, where you can find autotest for less than a dollar.
Other examples are Swiss, where they cost US$ 9 and in Italy, with US$ 16 you can have a diagnosis in less than 30 minutes.
The COVID-19 self-test in America
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized citizens to use this product since December 2020. Prices currently range between US$10 and US$30.
In ArgentinaAccording to La Nación, the price varies between US$14 to US$24 depending on the laboratory. By your side in Chile, companies sell the self-test from US$ 2.44.
Still no response froml Ministry of Health. In addition, it is expected that citizens can find these products in more establishments. Well, in just one week, the only pharmacy chain that had this self-test of COVID-19 noted on its website that the product was already out of stock.
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