CVS opens 11 covid-19 testing sites in Tulsa area

CVS Health announced Thursday it will open 11 new COVID-19 test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across Oklahoma in an effort to help slow the spread of the virus.

These new sites will utilize self-swab tests to help enable a goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests per month, subject to availability of supplies and lab capacity.

More than half of the company's 1,000 test sites nationwide will serve communities with the greatest need for support, as measured by the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index. The index is meant to track census variables including poverty, lack of access to transportation, and crowded housing that may weaken a community's ability to prepare for and recover from hazardous events like natural disasters and disease outbreaks.

Self-swab tests will be available to individuals meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, in addition to state and age guidelines.

Those interested must register in advance at CVS.com beginning Friday, May 29 to schedule an appointment.

Patients will have to stay in their cars and will be 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 are expected to be available in about 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 Oklahoma include:

• CVS Pharmacy, 751 West Tucson Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74011
• CVS Pharmacy, 2351 N. 9th Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012
• CVS Pharmacy, 1301 North Santa Fe Avenue, Edmond, OK 73099
• CVS Pharmacy, 1520 South Bryant Avenue, Edmond OK 73013
• CVS Pharmacy, 3651 West Robinson Street, Norman, OK 73072
• CVS Pharmacy, 12301 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73120
• CVS Pharmacy, 2323 North Martin Luther King, Oklahoma City, OK 73111
• CVS Pharmacy, 2100 SW 119th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73170
• CVS Pharmacy, 9401 North Pennsylvania Ave., The Village, OK 73120
• CVS Pharmacy, 4107 South Harvard Ave., Tulsa, OK 74105
• CVS Pharmacy, 8010 East 51st Street, Tulsa, OK 74145

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