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Demand for COVID-19 self-test kits skyrocket in Europe amid Omicron surge
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The first COVID-19 self-test kits have arrived on the shelves of supermarkets in France, as the country registered a record 208,000 new cases on Wednesday, more than double the numbers recorded on Christmas Day.
In a bid to tackle the surge of the highly contagious Omicron variant, French supermarkets are now offering rapid coronavirus antigen tests, which provide one more tool to combat COVID-19.
About a hundred sets were sold within a few hours. "It's less time-consuming than queueing up for PCR tests. I don't know if it's reliable or not, but maybe at least it gives us an idea," said David, a French customer.
France's leader in rapid diagnostic tests, Biosynex, has also hired 200 temporary staff to meet the soaring demand for self-tests,
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