On December 21, according to the Russian satellite news agency sputniknews, the press office of AliExpress Russia announced that since the beginning of November, the sales of pulse oximeters (instruments used to measure oxygen in the blood) on the Russian online platform AliExpress have increased 30 times compared with the same period last year.
It is reported that the company's press release stated that the number of pulse oximeter purchases on the platform increased 30 times compared with last year between November 1 and December 15. This category accounted for more than 80% of sales of the entire health indicator measurement equipment category during the November-December period.
Additionally, since early November, in addition to pulse oximeters, the most popular products in the health indicator measurement devices category on the platform have been non-contact digital thermometers, blood pressure monitors, wireless hearing aids, and oxygen concentrators.
Recently, the press office of AliExpress Russia also announced that the number of online sellers in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast on AliExpress has almost doubled in the past six months.
It is reported that in December, the number of sellers from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast on AliExpress increased to 2,500, while in the spring there were only 880 local sellers on the platform. More than 300,000 products are available for sale by sellers in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.
