From the National Emergency System (Sinae) came out to deny the rumors of lack of stock of repellents, while ensuring that they are delivering insecticides to the emergency committees of the most affected departments.
“I think it is important to reassure the population that there is a stock of repellents,” said the Sinae director. Santiago Caraméswho commented having confirmed it with importers and manufacturers of the Uruguay.
On the other hand, he recalled that the government bought repellents and has been distributing them since November to the Departmental Emergency Coordination Centers (Cecoed) of the most affected cities, which decide who to deliver them to based on the confirmations of the cases. “We made a purchase in November of 21,000 repellents and now, a while ago, another of 55,000 that we distributed in the Cecoed,” he assured and added that chemicals for fumigation have also been distributed.
The price of repellent, a topic to analyze
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 what were the intense rains of the last few days, the Uruguayans They 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 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.
With this panorama, the director of Sinea was consulted regarding the increase in the price of insecticides and assured that “not even he has answers to it.” On the other hand, he said that the idea of removing the VAT These products do not concern your area but he did not rule out that it is an issue that is discussed.
In addition to this, last week the Minister of Public Health, Karina Rando, He said that the tax exemption for repellents does not ensure lower prices.
“Take out the taxes It does not guarantee that the repellent will go down in price, because removing taxes does not force the merchant to lower its price. So, sometimes it can be more profit or more speculation by the person who markets it and that does not translate to the population,” he explained.
Source: Ambito
