Dec 21 (Reuters) – Walmart Inc and Walgreens Boots Alliance have limited sales of at-home COVID-19 testing kits, citing a surge in demand due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The variant has become dominant in the United States with lightning speed, dashing hopes for a more normal holiday season, resurrecting restrictions and stretching the country’s testing infrastructure ahead of holiday travel and gatherings.
Walgreens said in an emailed statement on Tuesday that it would limit both online and in-store purchases of test kits to four per customer. The company also said it was working with suppliers to catch up with demand.
Walmart set a limit of eight tests for each online order, but allowed its physical stores to set their own limits depending on inventory levels.
“We do have strong inventory levels nationally in store,” Walmart said in a statement. “However, inventory is more limited online, depending on the zip code.”
The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would buy 500 million at-home rapid tests that Americans can order online for free starting in January.
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Aditya Soni)
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