This Tuesday, February 15 marks the end of the sale of self-tests in supermarkets.
It had been exceptionally authorized by the government at the end of December and until January 31, to cope with the influx of requests, then had been extended by two weeks.
This decision had at the time angered pharmacists, who were campaigning to retain the monopoly on the sale of these Covid-19 detection devices by nasal swab.
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They finally find him on Tuesday.
This is accompanied by a drop in the price of self-tests in pharmacies.
From this Tuesday, February 15, their price is set at 3.25 euros, indicates the Union of Community Pharmacists (USPO), before a further drop of a few tens of cents scheduled for March 15.
The sale of self-tests in supermarkets has been a great success.
Nearly 17 million were sold by large retailers between December 28 and January 16, according to the latest figures from panelist NielsenIQ, for 25 million euros in turnover.
Compared to pharmacies, distributors have slashed prices, offering many of these medical devices at less than two euros per unit.
Some, in particular E.Leclerc and Intermarché, even communicated on operations “at cost price”.