Exceeding January’s figures, merchants are alarmed that the first three days of the week the majority of repellents were already sold.
With an exponential increase in cases of dengue, The lack of repellent in shops in the area is worrying Uruguay since some stores were completely sold out and will have to wait until next Monday to restock.
He Ministry of Public Health (MSP) published a report yesterday where a total of 215 cases were determined in the country, of which 105 are dengue indigenous and 110 imported. The most affected department is Salto with 65 cases, far below is Paysandú with 17, Montevideo with 14 and Durazno with 3.
In this scenario, some merchants began to raise alarm about the lack of stock of repellents due to the large increase in sales. In the first three days of the week, citizens managed to use up all types of repellent, except for the bracelets – which have an efficiency of 72 hours – which were still in stock. So far, some businesses will have to wait until Monday to be able to have stock again.
Price increase
According to recent data provided by the technology company Scanntech, during the third week of this month sales of repellents rose 63% year-on-year when compared to the same period last year.
After the intense rains of recent days, Uruguayans turned massively to purchasing the product, whose sales grew by 702% last Sunday the 24th, while they had already been 273% on March 22 and of 250% on the 23rd of the same month.
At the geographical level, the CH Municipality of Montevideo had the highest sales growth during that period, after they climbed 150.2%.
On the other hand, in January and February sales of repellent had already climbed 31% and 51% respectively in the year-on-year comparison compared to the previous year’s data.
Source: Ambito
