The Raia Drogasil pharmacy chain has suspended the online scheduling of Covid-19 tests due to lack of stock. It will only be possible to schedule a test when the supply is normalized.
Network units that have tests remaining can still use them. Interested parties should contact the establishments for more information.
According to the pharmacy chain, stocks have run out due to high demand from the population and the expectation is that the schedule will be normalized later this week.
report of leaf showed that positive tests rose again during the holiday season, according to monitoring by Abrafarma (an association that brings together large pharmaceutical networks). The total number of positives jumped from 524 on December 1, when 10,000 tests were performed, to 5,334 on December 29, when there were 31,332 tests — equivalent to 5% and 17% of the total, respectively. The survey covers 3,000 pharmacies in the country.
Patients were having difficulty scheduling tests at pharmacies in the city of São Paulo due to the parties, the flu, and the increase in Covid-19 cases. Between the end of December 29th and January 3rd, the leaf consulted the agenda of 40 drugstores of large pharmacy chains in the city. At the time, it was already possible to notice the increase in demand.
Before the holidays, it was possible to schedule the test for the same day. Then you had to wait up to five days to get an appointment.
The population has sought out establishments mainly in search of antigen tests, which identify the virus at the time of infection, and serological tests, which show whether the person already has antibodies.
Antigen tests are available in the “swab” modality, in which a swab is introduced through the nose to collect the sample, and orally. Some antigen tests combine testing for Covid-19 and influenza A and B in the same product.
Drugstores also provide IgM antibody tests, those produced at the beginning of the infection, and IgG, which appear in the late phase of the disease. This type of test indicates whether the patient has already been or is infected.
Both the antigen and serological test results are ready a few minutes after collection, and the report is available on the same day.
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