The desire of many families to hold the traditional holiday meals on Rosh Hashanah together with relatives, including grandparents, has in recent days caused a dramatic increase, of hundreds of percent, in the demand for speed tests.
Due to the growing demand, the pharma chains will increase their inventory, after the tests have temporarily run out.
The rapid testing company "Sofia Israel", from the Remipharm Group, reported a 350 percent increase in the demand for rapid testing before the holiday meal.
The company was equipped with an inventory of advanced devices that allow you to get an answer within 15 minutes.
At the same time, the Bikurofa branches and other medical centers where a quick Sofia test can be performed have already extended their opening hours, and in most branches it will be possible to perform the tests even on the eve of the holiday itself at a cost of NIS 52.
Sagi Yaniv, marketing and sales manager at Sofia Israel of the Remipharm Group, said: "We are seeing a hundred percent increase in the demand for speed tests initiated before the holiday. There are requests from parents to check the children and themselves before meeting grandparents. Everyone has a role model. "
According to Danny Luzon, Deputy CEO of Super-Pharm and VP of Commerce at the chain, "After weeks of limited inventory, since yesterday the supply of Korna tests to Super-Pharm stores has increased, and the public arrives to prepare for the start of the school year and ahead of the holiday. "Hundred percent of the test sales of all three suppliers are approved by the Ministry of Health." Uri Waterman, CEO of the Shufersal Pharm Be Pharm chain, added: "Two weeks ago there was a shortage of tests, and now there is a sufficient stock of the three approved companies. In August alone, more than 150,000 kits were sold. "He added that there was a 30 percent increase in PCR tests intended for travel abroad. "The story of the rapid tests is going to accompany us for months, if not more. This is the country's way of dealing with the plague to live alongside the corona," Luzon concluded.