FILE PHOTO: Health care worker tests people at a drive-thru testing station run by the state health department, for people who suspect they have novel coronavirus, in Denver, Colorado, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jim UrquhartDANBURY, Connecticut: Drive-thru coronavirus testing sites are starting to pop up across the United States but few if any are at the major retail stores that pledged last week to provide parking lot space for them.
Admiral Brett Giroir of the US Public Health Commission told reporters in Washington on Tuesday drive-thru test centers were"blossoming all over the country." But he added the initiative had faced some early challenges.The public health commission was"really pushing equipment" to 47 centres in a dozen states, after doing a trial run on Monday with public health staff in protective gear, Giroir said.
CVS spokesman TJ Crawford said the pharmacy chain was preparing this week to launch a pilot drive-thru testing site in the parking lot of a Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, CVS Pharmacy. Initial testing would be limited to first responders and local healthcare professionals who are on the frontlines of treating the virus and preventing its spread, he said.