CVS Opens No-Cost COVID-19 Testing Site In San Clemente

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — CVS Health expanded its COVID-19 no-cost testing program by announcing 91 additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across California, including 42 in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

The opening of the additional test sites on Friday add to the 14 locations opened in California on May 22, including three Orange County locations.

In San Clemente, your CVS will be testing residents off: 602 N. El Camino Real.

Patients must register in advance at www.CVS.com beginning Friday to schedule an appointment. Patients will be required to stay in their cars and will be directed to the pharmacy drive-thru window or a location in the parking lot at a few stores, 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 will be available in about three days.

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

Testing will not take place inside any retail locations, and CVS Pharmacy, HealthHUB and MinuteClinic will continue to serve customers and patients.

The company late last month committed to establish 1,000 locations across the country by the end of May, with a goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests per month, subject to availability of supplies and lab capacity, according to CVS Helath President and CEO Larry J. Merlo.

Over 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, he said. 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.

The additional new testing sites in Los Angeles and Orange counties are located at the following CVS pharmacies:

• -- 510 S. Beach Blvd., Anaheim;
• -- 611 S. Brookhurst St., Anaheim;
• -- 1150 Baker St., Costa Mesa;*
• -- 2701 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa;
• -- 455 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton;
• -- 16961 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach;
• -- 15520 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach;
• -- 16922 Bolsa Chica St., Huntington Beach;
• -- 17625 Harvard Ave., Irvine;
• -- 1151 S. Harbor Blvd., La Habra;
• -- 3401 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos;
• -- 921 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach;*
• -- 602 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente;
• -- 12444 Beach Blvd., Stanton;
• -- 15180 Kensington Park Drive, Tustin;
• -- 18080 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda.*

*The Orange County sites that opened on May 22.

In Los Angeles County

• -- 188 Las Tunas Drive, Arcadia;
• -- 915 E. Arrow Highway, Azusa;
• -- 3151 Baldwin Park Blvd., Baldwin Park;
• -- 1550 Puente Ave., Baldwin Park;
• -- 1820 W. Verdugo Ave. Burbank
• ;-- 21590 E. Valley Blvd., City of Industry;
• -- 901 S. Central Ave., Compton;
• -- 8400 Firestone Blvd., Downey;
• -- 1030 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock;
• -- 155 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach;
• -- 858 N. Sunset Ave., La Puente;
• -- 6510 South Street, Lakewood;
• -- 846 W. Avenue K, Lancaster;
• -- 25829 Narbonne Ave., Lomita;
• -- 1250 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach;
• -- 5176 E. Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles;
• -- 950 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia;
• -- 10945 Victory Blvd., North Hollywood;
• -- 3883 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena;
• -- 8580 Whittier Blvd., Pico Rivera;
• -- 316 S. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach;
• -- 7400 Reseda Blvd., Reseda;
• -- 120 E. Bonita Ave., San Dimas;
• --1204 San Fernando Road, San Fernando;
• -- 26861 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita;
• -- 1954 Durfee Ave., South El Monte;
• -- 1303 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance;
• -- 10048 Mills Ave., Whittier;
• -- 19701 Vanowen St., Winnetka.