Claimed by supermarkets since last spring, the sale of self-tests to detect the coronavirus has been authorized outside pharmacies “exceptionally and until January 31, 2022”, according to a decree published in the Official Journal on Tuesday.
The sale of antigenic self-tests has until now been limited to pharmacies, which campaigned to keep the monopoly, justifying themselves by their advisory role.
Another weapon against the epidemic
Several bosses of supermarkets had demanded to be able to sell it in April and had gone back to campaign in recent weeks, with the fifth wave of coronavirus, believing that this could constitute another weapon to fight against the spread of the virus.
Some large brands, including E.Leclerc and Lidl, claim to already have self-tests in stock.