If there was a time, our daily life was punctuated by metro-work-sleep, now it translates more into test-telework-sleep. Indeed, the spread of Covid-19 does not decrease and the appearance of highly contagious variants such as Omicron does nothing to help the pandemic. More and more people are positive every day, and we have lost count of the number of tests we have carried out in recent months. Contact cases, whether at school for the children, or at the office for the parents, have become our daily life. If antigen and PCR tests are essential to detect potential Covid-19 contamination , self-tests are very useful to avoid taking risks before seeing loved ones, or to reassure yourself, when you do not know if you have a small cold or if you are positive. In addition, they have become necessary for children, since children under 12 contact cases must carry out 3 successive self-tests (carried out on D0, D+2 and D+4) to be able to go to school.
You may have noticed that self-tests sold in pharmacies and surfaces do not have the same price. Since December 28 and until February 15, supermarkets have been authorized to sell self-tests and they are not subject to the price cap. In pharmacies, the minimum price per unit is €3.50, this is the amount covered by health insurance, in the event that it is issued free of charge. Large surfaces, to attract customers, have chosen to apply lower prices.
The Objeko site conducted the survey to find the cheapest self-tests. At Leclerc, self-tests are sold without margin, so you have to count € 1.24 per unit . Intermarché made the same announcement and is selling its self-tests €1.24 each . At Netto, the unit costs €1.15 and at Lidl, a self-test is €1.39 . Carrefour, Auchan, Franprix and Casino sell them €1.95 per unit, i.e. €9.75 the box of five tests. Finally, Monoprix sells self-tests €2.59 unit.
