Pharmacies see the supply of antigen tests at risk due to the high demand
Antigen test stocks in pharmacies they will not be enough to supply the demand if the sales rhythm of last week is maintained, When 386,155 units were shipped, the 61.7% of sales so far this year.
According to a follow-up study of the sale in pharmacies of these COVID-19 self-diagnosis tests carried out by the health sector consultancy IQVIA, the stock of antigen tests in pharmacies in the country as a whole is 281,056 units, insufficient for guarantee supply if the sales figures registered between July 19 and 25 are repeated this week, coinciding with the approval in Spain of the sale without a prescription of the self-tests.
Of the 386,155 units sold in week 29, the 27% were sold in pharmacies in Catalonia with 104,596 antigen tests dispensed followed by the Community of Madrid, where 58,893 self-tests were provided.
These communities were followed by pharmacies in Galicia (with 43,627 units sold), Andalusia (34,430), Valencian Community (32,017), Basque Country (29,340), Castilla-La Mancha (15,796), Canary Islands (14,600), Aragon (9,199) , Balearic Islands (9,094) and Castilla y León (8,451).
Asturias pharmacies sold 5,904 antigen tests that week, followed by Cantabria (5,811), Navarra (5,164), Extremadura (3,614), La Rioja (3,451) and Murcia (2,169).
According to the IQVIA study, the current stock of antigen units in pharmacies would prevent meeting demand if the sales figures from the end of July are repeated.
Only in four communities Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Navarra and Murcia, the stock in antigen units exceeds the sales of week 29.
In Castilla-La Mancha, pharmacies have 24,043 antigen test units, 16,222 in Castilla y León, 5,680 in Navarra and 3,677 in La Rioja.
In the rest of the autonomous regions, stocks are in danger if the demand continues at the same rate. This is the case of Catalonia (89,943), Madrid (28,806), Galicia (21,424), Andalusia (23,683), Valencian Community (23,267), Basque Country (9,054), Canary Islands (10,673), Aragon (4,804), Balearic Islands (5,631) , Asturias (5,874), Cantabria (4,622), Extremadura (1,507) and Murcia (2,146).
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