CVS Coronavirus Testing Opens At These OC Drive-Thru Locations

SEAL BEACH, CA — CVS Health is opening 14 new drive-thru test sites in California as part of their nationwide COVID-19 response, officials say.

Self-swab tests will be available to individuals meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, in addition to age guidelines. Patients must register in advance at CVS.com beginning Friday, May 22 to schedule an appointment.

Patients will be required to stay in their cars and directed to the pharmacy drive-thru window where they will be provided with a test kit and given instructions, and a CVS Pharmacy team member will observe the self swab process to ensure it is done properly. Tests will be sent to an independent, third-party lab for processing and the results will be available in approximately three days.

Testing will not take place inside any retail locations, and CVS Pharmacy, HealthHUB and MinuteClinic will continue to serve customers and patients.

The new testing sites in California include:

• CVS Pharmacy, 1150 Baker Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
• CVS Pharmacy, 921 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach, CA 90740
• CVS Pharmacy, 18080 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda, CA 92886

Once fully operational, more than half of the company’s 1,000 test sites will serve communities with the greatest need for support, as measured by the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index.

The vulnerability index tracks a variety of census variables include:

• poverty
• lack of access to transportation
• crowded housing

Any one of which may weaken a community’s ability to prepare for and recover from hazardous events like natural disasters and disease outbreaks, a CVS spokesperson said.

A complete list of CVS Pharmacy Drive-thru test sites can be found here.

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