Snapdeal sees surge in sale of health monitoring devices amid lockdown

Online marketplace Snapdeal on Tuesday said there has been a surge in demand for at-home diagnostic medical devices on its platform in the last four months as people continue to fear going to diagnostic centres for medical tests due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The overall sales in ‘at-home diagnostic kits’ category for April-July this year is more than double the sales in the corresponding period last year, Snapdeal said in a statement.

Over the last four months, users have bought many personal diagnostic and health monitoring products, including pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, digital thermometer and glucometer.