The government has said it will introduce measures to limit the retail prices of antigen testing kits for Covid-19.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made the statement after shortages were reported last month in parts of the country.
The Ministry of Health has said that the omicron variant of the coronavirus represents nearly 62% of all covid infections in Spain.
In their latest report on the pandemic, they said the mutation first reported in November is now the dominant strain, after the Delta variant had remained the most recorded variant of the virus in over a year.
The news came as the national incidence rate passed 3,000 cases per 100,000 people. Yesterday 134,942 new cases of covid-19 were reported
Meanwhile doctors in Alicante are set to receive compensation from the Ministry of Health, after a lack of protective equipment was supplied during the first wave of the pandemic. An appeal is likely to be lodged against the ruling.
