In Russia, the demand for rapid tests for coronavirus increased by a third

In mid-July, against the backdrop of an increase in the incidence of CORONAVIRUS, the demand of Russians for rapid tests for covid-19 increased by 36% compared to the same period in June, follows from the message of the First OFD (fiscal data operator, part of the VTB group), received by RBC.

The number of such tests sold by pharmacies served by the First OFD in mid-July amounted to 3660, which is 61% more than in the same period in June. At the same time, sales increased by 36%. However, these figures have not yet come close to the level of last year, and on average, pharmacies sell 18% fewer rapid tests daily than a year earlier.

VTB also recorded an increase in demand for the services of medical laboratories offering PCR tests for coronavirus. Over the past week, it has increased by 10% compared to the previous one, the bank's customers have spent more than 16 million rubles for these purposes. Nevertheless, last year the demand for such services was almost twice as high.

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Assessing spending on VTB cards in laboratories, the bank noted that the turnover decreased by 17% compared to last year, but increased by 4% over the past week. Spending in pharmacies remained at the level of last year and increased by 3% over the week.

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In Russia, more than 5,000 new cases of coronavirus infection per day have been recorded for a week, although before that there had not been such a number of cases in the country since the beginning of May. On July 24, the number of new cases completely exceeded 7.5 thousand - the last time the same figures were in April. At the same time, the level of herd immunity in the country fell to 12.3%.

According to the headquarters on July 26, over the past day, 6183 new cases of infection were detected, 1664 were hospitalized, 47 died.

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Against the backdrop of an increase in the incidence, the Ministry of HEALTH recommended that Russians, especially the elderly and those suffering from chronic diseases, undergo revaccination against coronavirus six months after the previous vaccination.