CVS has announced it will add COVID-19 testing for children beginning today.
Children age 12 and older are eligible for COVID-19 testing at more than 2,000 drive-through testing sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations, according to an announcement by the company.
CVS added one new testing site at a Wyandotte County CVS pharmacy, at 4645 Shawnee Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
Testing also is available at CVS locations at 950 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, and 3750 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, as well as at several other CVS locations in Greater Kansas City.
There are no walk-in appointments, but people are asked to make appointments at www.cvs.com. The hours of testing are listed online.
According to a CVS spokesman, it is expanding its third party lab partners and should have most results available within two to three days.
When they arrive at the testing location, patients are asked to follow the signs. Testing takes place inside the person’s vehicle, and they are handed a swab through a drive-through window or tent in the parking lot. They self-administer the test and then return it at the site.
Many of the people who are tested qualify for free tests, or have insurance that covers it.
Registration is at https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing.