Positive Covid tests continue to rise in pharmacies – 04/18/2023 – Panel SA

The monitoring of Covid tests that pharmaceutical retailers have been carrying out since the beginning of the pandemic entered April with a still resistant level of positive diagnoses.

According to Abrafarma (Brazilian Association of Pharmacy and Drugstore Networks), the case index in the first week of April reached 5,400, which is equivalent to almost 19% of the volume of care. The level is higher than that registered in March (18%) and February (15%).

Despite the increase, the average for the quarter is still below the 24% recorded in the same period last year, when omicron accelerated contagion in the pandemic.

For Sergio Mena Barreto, President of Abrafarma, progress is timid, but it is necessary to remain alert.

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