Drive-through coronavirus testing available at CVS locations across Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth residents looking to be tested for the novel coronavirus can now visit select CVS Pharmacy drive-through locations in a new partnership Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday.
CVS Health will open 44 test sites across Texas where residents will have the option to use self-swab tests, and the company plans to have over 80 locations throughout the state by the end of May, according to the news release. Individuals who meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria in addition to age guidelines will qualify for testing. A doctor’s referral is not required, according to CVS Health.
Starting Friday, patients must schedule an appointment at CVS.com, where they will submit their information and be scheduled for an appointment the same day or up to two days out if they qualify.
When patients arrive for their appointment, they will be directed to the pharmacy’s drive-through window, where they will be provided with a self-swab kit and given instructions on how to use it. A CVS employee will ensure the process is done properly, and the sample will be sent a lab. Results will be available in about three days.
According to CVS Health’s website, each site should have the capacity to conduct about 50 tests a day. Health insurance will be accepted, and uninsured patients will be covered under a program funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to the website.
“Texas continues to rapidly ramp up COVID-19 testing in our communities, and these new drive-thru testing sites provided by CVS Health will further expand access to these tests throughout the state,” Abbott said in a statement.
Abbott has previously said that he anticipates the primary provider of COVID-19 tests will be from the private health care sector.
Texas joins 13 other states that will have CVS Health test sites, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New York and Louisiana.
CVS Health has also been operating rapid COVID-19 tests in Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan and Rhode Island.
“While the large-scale test sites we’ve been operating since early April have proven successful, this new approach allows us to utilize our presence in communities across the country and bring testing closer to home,” Larry J. Merlo, CVS Health’s president and CEO, said in a statement Thursday.
Locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area include:
- CVS Pharmacy, 4100 State Highway 121, Carrollton
- CVS Pharmacy, 825 South Crowley Road, Crowley
- CVS Pharmacy, 3133 East Lemmon Ave., Dallas
- CVS Pharmacy, 3614 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth
- CVS Pharmacy, 5401 Lebanon Road, Frisco
- CVS Pharmacy, 5702 Lavon Dr., Garland
- CVS Pharmacy, 4203 South Carrier Parkway, Grand Prairie
- CVS Pharmacy, 3701 Ira E. Woods Ave., Grapevine
CVS Pharmacy, 801 North Tarrant Parkway, Keller
CVS Pharmacy, 2200 Matlock Road, Mansfield
CVS Pharmacy, 1413 Oates Dr., Mesquite
CVS Pharmacy, 8995 Stacy Road, McKinney
CVS Pharmacy, 2100 Eldorado Parkway, McKinney
CVS Pharmacy, 2101 West Spring Creek Parkway, Plano
CVS Pharmacy, 605 West Campbell Road, Richardson
CVS Pharmacy, 1301 North Saginaw, Saginaw
This story was originally published May 21, 2020 at 10:24 AM.
