The COVID-19 pandemic, and the restrictions adopted by national governments to contain it, brought about the mass-consumption of new products. This statistic shows the development over time of weekly sales value of three products related to the pandemic in Italian pharmacies. It is possible to note a surge in revenue grossed by pharmacies between the last weeks of 2021 and the first weeks of 2022. This period coincides with the fourth wave of the pandemic in Italy, the one in which the highly contagious Omicron variant was dominant. In particular, COVID-19 tests became increasingly sought after, with pharmacies earning as much as 35 million euros per week from their sale during the first three weeks of 2022. Over the first nine months of 2022, Italian pharmacies grossed 6.79 million euros in hand sanitizers sales, 102.1 million euros in face masks sales, and 423 million euros in COVID-19 tests sales.
Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022
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Pharmacy Scanner. (September 26, 2022). Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/
Pharmacy Scanner. "Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in million euros)." Chart. September 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/
Pharmacy Scanner. (2022). Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/
Pharmacy Scanner. "Weekly Sales Value of Face Masks, Hand Sanitizers, and Covid-19 Tests in Pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/
Pharmacy Scanner, Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in million euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Weekly sales value of face masks, hand sanitizers, and COVID-19 tests in pharmacies in Italy from January 2021 to September 2022 (in million euros) [Graph], Pharmacy Scanner, September 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296162/weekly-sales-value-of-covid-19-related-products-in-pharmacies-in-italy/