Pingo Doce to sell tests in health spaces // Distributing company says a box of 20 tests could be put on sale as soon as there is regulation. Individual kits only in two to three weeks.
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A Ministry of Health ordinance opened the door to the sale of self-tests in authorized places for the sale of over-the-counter medicines. Large retail stores with health areas are preparing to sell tests.
Jerónimo Martins confirms to i that tests will be sold in the Wellness spaces of Pingo Doce stores "soon". Companies are awaiting regulation.
Biojam director advocates the need to raise awareness among the population.
... buying a rapid COVID-19 test in a supermarket is expected to soon become a reality in Portuguese hypermarkets and supermarkets as well, although limited to health areas that exist in some locations and not in a widespread manner as advanced, for example, by Germany. The ordinance published on Friday in the Diário da República by the Ministry of Health, which created an exceptional regime for the self-testing of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, and which should be regulated by the end of the week, opened the door to the sale of rapid tests to be performed without supervision by health professionals in pharmacies but also in authorized places for the sale of over-the-counter medicines...
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https://biojam.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/noticia-jorna-I-biojam-testes-covid-compressed-resume.pdf
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https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/728262/supermercados-entram-na-venda-de-testes-rapidos-a-covid-19?seccao=Portugal_i
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