Increased sales of rapid tests - pharmacy in Lycksele: "Significantly increased"

All pharmacies that SVT has been in contact with describe a sharp increase in the sale of antigen tests, so-called rapid tests.

For Kronans Apotek, this is roughly a doubling of sales since the end of June.

Apotek Hjärtat has seen a steady increase since week 22:

"At the same time, we see that the demand for cold products has been higher than normal for the season throughout the summer, so surely many have symptoms and are curious about whether it is covid,"

writes Monika Magnusson, sales director at Apotek Hjärtat in an email to SVT.

300 percent increase

The pharmacy describes an increase of 300 percent last week compared to the end of May, and for the online pharmacy Meds it is a sales increase of 250 percent in a corresponding comparison.

Sales of antigen tests, on the other hand, have not reached the levels that pharmacies had around the turn of the year.

Hear Anna Fjellström, recipent in Lycksele, about the interest in rapid tests in the clip above.