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Queues are getting longer in pharmacies for Covid-19 tests. As of Tuesday, March 29, 450,000 antigen tests are carried out per day, and one in three is positive.
Queues resume in pharmacies for antigenic tests. Many patients, who have symptoms that resemble winter illnesses, wonder. One in three tests carried out in pharmacies is positive for Covid-19. En date of Tuesday, March 29, eBetween 400,000 and 450,000 antigenic tests are carried out every day on average, to which must be added 400,000 self-tests sold daily, since the resurgence of the epidemic.
Some professionals worry about supply. “I don’t know if we will be able to supply everyone. In any case, our suppliers want to be reassuring. But stocks are running out very quickly”, says Yorick Berger, pharmacist (FSPF). If the increase in demand for tests continues, pharmacists plan to reemploy barnums and hire additional staff.