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CVS Pharmacy adds virus testing in Hermitage




CVS Pharmacy started to offer COVID-19 testing last Friday at drive-through in Hermitage.

The site will use self-swab tests. In April, the company announced a commitment to establish 1,000 testing locations across the country by the end of May, CVS said in a statement. The new test sites help to enable a goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests per month, subject to availability of supplies and lab capacity.

Self-swab tests will be available to people who criteria set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in addition to state and age guidelines.

Patients must register in advance at cvs.com to schedule an appointment. Patients will be required to stay in their cars and directed to the pharmacy drive-through window, where they will be provided with a test kit and given instructions. A CVS Pharmacy employee 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 about three days.

A CVS spokesman said there should be no out-of-pocket costs.

“We will be accepting insurance at the drive-through test sites,” spokesman Ron Boehmer said. “However, under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act approved by Congress, patients should not have any out-of-pocket costs with their insurance. Uninsured patients will be covered under a program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services.”

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