Cold and flu product sales increase 23%

Flu and cold family treatments are sold in A 23% increase compared to July 2023 and a 10% increase compared to August last year, is one of the fastest growing families. This is stated in Pharmalive’s report on Spanish pharmacy trends in August (prepared by Alliance Healthcare).

The main reason for the increase in the range is the new wave of Covid-19, in which the EG-5 variant (commonly known as Eris) is from the Ómicron strain and is considered the most contagious, Showing symptoms very similar to a cold caused by air conditioningwill not result in more severe cases or more serious hospitalizations.

Symptoms characteristic of this variant are Fever, tiredness, muscle fatigue, rhinitis, and dry cough

so it is likely that a population is unknowingly spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus by misidentifying it as a common cold.

Coronavirus testing is making a comeback

Sales of Covid-19 test kits have been particularly strong due to a resurgence in coronavirus infections and an increase in flu and cold family products, Sales increased by 130% As of July of the same year.

However, Sales fell 33.4% compared to 2022 Compared to August last year, it was down 72.31% compared to the same month in 2021, which coincides with the vaccination campaign.