High Demand Empties Aurora Shelves Of Rapid Tests

AURORA, IL — Earlier this week, Walgreens announced it was instituting a four-item purchase limit on at-home COVID-19 testing products in its stores and online. The decision was based on a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, according to the Deerfield-based company.

CVS followed suit with its own policy, allowing customers to purchase five at-home COVID-19 tests.

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Many Walgreens locations in Aurora are now out of at-home COVID-19 testing products like BinaxNow. The company's website shows them to potentially be available for in-store purchase, but they can't be purchased for same-day delivery or shipping, as of Thursday morning. As the tests are selling out quickly, the company recommends customers visit their local store to see if any are still available.

Walgreens locations in Aurora include:

• 355 N. Eola Road
• 9 Union St.
• 1207 N. Randall Road
• 1180 N. Farnsworth Ave.
• 22 N. Constitution Drive
• 2311 Ogden Ave.
• 2986 Kirk Road
• 1221 N. Lake St.

Walgreens is hoping the purchase limit will improve inventory and said it will continue to work with supplier partners to meet customer demands.

Patch was unable to find tests at local CVS stores as of Thursday morning. According to the company's website, they are currently out of stock and not available for shipping at Aurora locations.

For those looking to plan ahead and schedule appointments to get tested ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations, local Walgreens have PCR and rapid test appointments available starting as early as Monday afternoon.

As of Thursday morning, the earliest appointments for a PCR test are available at Farnsworth Avenue, Ogden Avenue and Lake Street locations. Better to choose a slot sooner rather than later.

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