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Demand for free COVID-19 testing kits provided by Madrid’s regional government far outstripped supply on Tuesday, with long queues forming outside pharmacies as nationwide infections continued to climb amid the Omicron variant’s rapid expansion.

Spain’s coronavirus infection rate hit a new record, rising to 1 360 cases per 100 000 people, measured over the preceding 14 days, from 1 206 cases reported on Monday, a five-fold rise since the beginning of December, according to Health Ministry data.But hospitals remained under much less strain than in previous waves of the pandemic as the government reported that 80% of the population older than 60 had received a booster vaccine dose.

As the first few people in line tend to take several tests each, most have to return home empty handed or buy kits for 9 euros, which were also selling out fast.

 

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