A medical worker during rapid testing. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 23Sales of express test kits for the new coronavirus jumped 2.4 times on average in Russia over the week, while the average price increased by only 3%, to 2,080 rubles, according to a study by the Chek Index service of the fiscal data operator OFD Platform » (part of the Sberbank ecosystem), the results of which are available to RIA Novosti. «The average check» for the purchase of express tests was 2080 rubles, which is 3% higher than last week. The volume of sales in physical terms (pieces) increased by 136%,» the authors of the study found out.Express tests for COVID-19 will be sent to the regions to distinguish it from the flu 56%. Experts of the «Index Check» record that the main growth in sales is provided by buyers in the largest cities of Russia, and most often they choose diagnostic kits for detecting the COVID-19 coronavirus antigen in nasopharyngeal swab samples (by taking mucus from the nasopharynx). And in the top sales of antiviral drugs — arbidol and ingavirin. So, in Moscow, the average price of a set was 2,770 thousand rubles (in St. Petersburg 2,560 thousand), which is even 1% lower than last week, at the same time, sales tripled in physical terms (by 93% in the northern capital). The average spending on antiviral drugs in Moscow was almost 900 rubles, which is 7% more than last week (708 rubles in St. than a week ago). Sales in real terms increased by 78% (by 70% in St. Petersburg). tests
