Rite Aid Begins Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing In Pittsburgh Area

MONROEVILLE, PA - Rite Aid has opened a drive-thru coronavirus testing site at its store on William Penn Highway. Overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists, the sites will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and use self-swab nasal testing.

The site, one of four in Pennsylvania that the pharmacy chain is opening this week in Pennsylvania, is expected to be able to conduct about 200 tests a day.

Testing is free to patients meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria and who pre-register at riteaid.com. Tests are conducted in the store parking lot, and Rite Aid has partnered with Verily and its Baseline COVID-19 to provide screening, scheduling and return of results to patients.

"We plan to have additional testing sites at stores across seven states in the coming weeks" Heyward Donigan, Rite Aid president and CEO, said in a release. "Through our partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and with tremendous support from state and local officials, we will significantly expand COVID-19 testing to more than 5,000 tests daily in our country's key hot spots when fully operational."