Spain set to limit retail price of Covid antigen tests

Spain’s government is working on rules to limit the retail price of antigen tests for COVID-19, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, after shortages were reported in many pharmacies across the country last month.

Price rises during the surge in Omicron cases and the scarcity of tests in pharmacies have raised protests from opposition politicians and consumer groups, many of whom are calling for tests to be sold in supermarkets.

“The debate we had before and during the Christmas season was the supply of tests; there was a bottleneck,” Sanchez said in an interview with Cadena SER radio station. “Now, we will get into the control of the tests’ prices.” WriteCaliber