On Facebook, the most popular brand is Realy, which has not been approved by Cofepris, as reported by the Mexico City Health Protection Agency.
The UAM specialist considers that the use of these tests can cause an increase in infections.
“If you take a test and it turns out to be a false negative, which means that you are actually infected but it did not come out on the test, a person can be trusted and go with their family, to a trip or a party and infect others; that is the main problem of false negatives”, points out Bojalil.
I would not recommend buying these tests from a non-certified store or from Facebook. The safe option is to go to the city kiosks, laboratories or pharmacies. It is also possible to buy tests from approved brands, but it requires finding a reliable supplier, which is quite a bit more complicated.”
Rafael Bojalil, researcher at UAM Xochimilco
The CDMX Sanitary Protection Agency carried out an operation this Wednesday. In it, 459 rapid tests were seized in four establishments, after reviewing a total of 28 premises in the shopping malls located at Izazaga 38 and 89, in the Historic Center.
On a tour of Political Expansion In these places, it was observed how tenants paused the sale of evidence due to the possibility of more seizures.
“There was hardly any operation; So, almost nobody is selling, they took boxes and boxes of evidence, those who managed to save their merchandise have it stored while. Come back for the weekend, maybe things have calmed down and you can get them,” commented a vendor on the 5th floor of Plaza Izazaga, at number 89 on that street.
In contrast, through Facebook, sales ads continue to be active, with vendors located throughout the city. There are them in the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Tlalpan, Iztacalco and Álvaro Obregón mayoralties, for example.
