Covid-19 antigen self-test products open for pre-sale! On March 13, the reporter learned from several pharmacies in Shenzhen that several covid-19 antigen self-test products such as Beijing jinwofu and Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) have started to register and book, and the first batch of products will be delivered as soon as possible or within a week. Customers can pick them up at the pharmacies or send them by mail.
five covid-19 antigen self-test products listed
The medical and health authority issued a circular in March 11th to further optimize the COVID-19 virus detection strategy and serve the epidemic prevention and control needs. After studying, the State Council decided to add an antigen test to the New Coronavirus disease prevention and control mechanism integrated group based on nucleic acid detection. It also organized and formulated the application scheme for covid-19 virus antigen detection (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the “scheme”).
According to the “scheme”, the applicable population for antigen detection mainly includes three categories of people: first, those who go to grass-roots medical and health institutions with respiratory tract, fever and other symptoms within 5 days; The second is the isolation of observers, including those in home isolation observation, close contact and secondary close contact, entry isolation observation, sealing and control areas, and the third is community residents who need antigen self-test.
On the morning of March 12, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice approving the change of covid-19 antigen product self-test application of Nanjing Nanjing Vazyme Biotech Co.Ltd(688105) , Beijing jinwofu, Shenzhen Huada Yinyuan, Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) , Beijing huaketai biology. This also means that five covid-19 antigen self-test products are officially on the market.
online hot pre-sale sold out in the afternoon
The “plan” also makes it clear that if community residents have self-test needs, they can purchase antigen detection reagents for self-test through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels.
On the morning of March 13, the reporter opened meituan app to buy medicine, and the home page directly jumped out of the “covid-19 self-test” product purchase link. Reporters saw that the US group bought medicine only in the sale of Beijing gold Wolfe New Coronavirus antigen detection kit 1 person specifications, priced at 32.8 yuan. The product is marked as pre-sale and is expected to be delivered on March 20. The delivery place is Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.
At 3 p.m. on the 13th, when the reporter logged in to meituan drug buying channel again, he found that the covid-19 antigen detection kit on sale was 20 more people / box specifications, and the price was 198 yuan. After 1 hour, the product has been sold out.
According to the relevant person in charge of meituan drug purchase, from March 13, users can make an appointment to buy relevant products through the pharmacies that deliver drugs nationwide in meituan drug purchase channel, and merchants will use express delivery for users from March 20; At the same time, meituan pharmacy has also cooperated with several chain pharmacies such as Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) pharmacy, Guoda pharmacy, Gaoji medical, Haiwang Xingchen, Dashenlin Pharmaceutical Group Co.Ltd(603233) pharmacy and quanyuantang pharmacy. It is expected that covid-19 antigen self-test products will be launched simultaneously with offline pharmacies within one week to jointly provide users with 30 minute door-to-door drug delivery service.
At the same time, JD health also told reporters that it has reached sales cooperation with the first batch of enterprises approved by the State Food and Drug Administration for the “covid-19 antigen self-test” products in China. The first batch of covid-19 antigen self-test products will open online reservation in JD Health recently. At that time, consumers can make an appointment by searching “covid-19 antigen self-test” on JD app to the details page. They can place an order when the goods are officially on sale.
Tmall Health said that it has made an in-depth alliance with covid-19 antigen self-test product brands. The first batch of products will soon start online pre-sale and launch, and bring brand officially authorized antigen self-test products to consumers at the first time.
Shenzhen offline drugstore has opened pre-sale
Online hot pre-sale, how about offline?
On March 12, according to the wechat account of Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) pharmacy group, Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) pharmacy and Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) pharmacy reached a cooperation. The first batch of covid-19 antigen rapid test products have been on the way of logistics and transportation and are expected to be sold in stores in the near future. The first batch of products will be landed in the stores of Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) pharmacy in 12 provinces and cities including Shanghai, Hunan and Jiangsu. On the afternoon of the 13th, the reporter called several stores of Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) pharmacy in Shenzhen and said that they had not received the opening notice for the time being.
Wang Shusen, deputy general manager of Haiwang Xingchen Shenzhen Branch of another old chain pharmacy, told reporters that what can be determined is that covid-19 antigen self-test kit will be put on the shelves for sale, but which product will be put on the shelves and the purchase is still in urgent negotiation. At present, there are not many people to consult, so it may mainly be sold online at that time.
One side is in emergency procurement, and the other side is already opening the reservation mode. In the covid-19 test paper reservation group newly established by Guoda pharmacy, 208 people have entered the group in just one morning. “What’s the price?” “What is the accuracy rate?” “Can the results be displayed in yuekang code?” In the group, group friends continue to ask questions.
The staff of Guoda pharmacy told reporters that at present, covid-19 antigen self-test kit is in pre-sale status. There are products from Beijing jinwufu and Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) two manufacturers respectively. The price is 32.8 yuan per person. There are two specifications. The small package is a box for one person, the price is 32.8 yuan, and the large package is a box for 25 people, the price is 820 yuan. For the arrival time that we are most concerned about, the staff also said that the fastest or next week.
15 results in about minutes
How to detect covid-19 antigen? And nucleic acid detection?
Previously, Zhang Wenhong, director of the national infectious diseases Medical Center, head of the clinical treatment expert group of covid-19 pneumonia in Shanghai and director of the infection department of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said that antigen detection is similar to the pregnancy test stick used by women to detect pregnancy, which is a simple and rapid means of virus detection. Without the assistance of professionals and the intervention of machines, ordinary residents can test by themselves at home and obtain the results in a few minutes.
In addition, Zhang Wenhong introduced that nucleic acid detection will be more accurate than antigen detection, which is still the basis for the diagnosis of covid-19 virus infection. However, antigen detection is used as a supplementary means for screening. If it is positive, it can be diagnosed basically. If it is negative, it can also improve the sensitivity and positive rate by testing more times, or it can be diagnosed through nucleic acid detection. Therefore, it can be detected at home for several consecutive days. If it is not detected, the risk of infection is very low.
According to the instructions on the self-test kit, the antigen test has three steps.
First, preparation before test: wash hands; Carefully read the relevant precautions; Check whether the antigen rapid test reagent is within the warranty period, and check whether the contents such as nasal swabs, sampling tubes and test cards are missing or damaged.
Second, sample collection: those over the age of 14 can conduct nasal swab sampling by themselves. The self inspector first blows his nose with toilet paper and carefully unpacks the outer package of the nasal swab to avoid hand contact with the swab head. Then the head tilts slightly, one hand holds the tail of the swab and sticks to one side of the nostril to enter, slowly goes deep 1-1.5cm along the bottom of the lower nasal tract, then sticks to the nasal cavity and rotates for at least 4 circles (the residence time is not less than 15 seconds), and then repeats the same operation on the other nasal cavity with the same swab. The self-test aged 2-14 years should be sampled by other adults.
Third, antigen detection: according to the reagent instructions, put the nasal swab after collecting the sample into the sampling tube immediately. The swab head should be rotated and mixed in the preservation solution for at least 30 seconds. At the same time, squeeze the swab head by hand across the outer wall of the sampling tube for at least 5 times to ensure that the sample is fully eluted in the sampling tube; Squeeze the liquid of the swab head through the outer wall of the sampling tube by hand, and then discard the swab. After the sampling tube is covered, drop the liquid vertically into the sample hole of the detection card; Read the results after waiting for a certain time according to the reagent instructions. Positive results: both “C” and “t” show red or purple bands, and the bands at “t” can be dark or light, which are positive results. Negative results: red or purple bands are displayed at “C” and no bands are displayed at “t”. Invalid result: no red or purple band is displayed at “C”, regardless of whether the band is displayed at “t”. If the result is invalid, take the test strip again and retest.
It should be noted that if it is an isolated observer, whether the test result is negative or positive, all used sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. shall be put into sealed bags and handled by the management personnel according to the medical waste or procedures. If it is a community resident: if the test result is negative, all nasal swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. after use shall be put into sealed bags and treated as general garbage; If the test result is positive, it shall be handed over to the medical institution for treatment as medical waste when the personnel are transferred.
In terms of detection frequency, the “plan” points out that for isolated observers, nucleic acid detection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the current relevant prevention and control plan during the isolation observation period, and antigen testing shall be carried out once a day in the first five days. For community residents who need self-test, they can buy the test by themselves. If the antigen test is negative, asymptomatic residents can observe closely and carry out antigen test or nucleic acid test when necessary; Residents with symptoms are advised to go to the medical institution with fever clinic as soon as possible for nucleic acid testing; If it is inconvenient to see a doctor, you should isolate yourself at home, avoid going out for activities, and conduct antigen test once a day for 5 consecutive days.
