Patients must register in advance at CVS.com beginning Friday, May 29 to schedule an appointment. Self-swab tests will be available to individuals meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, in addition to state and age guidelines. "The opening of their drive-through COVID-19 testing is a welcome advancement and we appreciate their dedication in responding to the needs of the community and the front-line workforce they employ for their efforts." "In communities throughout the state we are working to meet the needs of Nebraskans to advance more testing and our private-sector partners like CVS Health are playing a critical role in this effort," said Governor Pete Ricketts. The index tracks a variety of 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. More than half of the company's 1,000 test sites will serve communities with the greatest need for support, as measured by the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index. We remain grateful for the daily efforts and sacrifices of our front-line colleagues who make the continued expansion of our testing possible." "Opening access to testing in more locations using our drive-thru window represents an important milestone in our response to the pandemic. "CVS Health has been at the forefront of helping our nation scale-up COVID-19 testing capabilities, and we're proud to meet our goal of establishing 1,000 testing sites in communities across the country," said Larry J. These new test sites help enable a goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests per month, subject to availability of supplies and lab capacity. These new sites will utilize self-swab tests and deliver on the company's commitment to establish 1,000 locations across the country by the end of May as originally announced on April 27.
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