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The Centreville Walgreens on Lee Highway will be one of 15 stores in Virginia to offer free drive-up rapid coronavirus testing to local residents. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
CENTREVILLE, VA A Centreville Walgreens is among 15 locations across Virginia that will now offer rapid coronavirus testing as part of a partnership between the state department of health and the retail chain, officials announced Friday.
The Fairfax County Walgreens location, which is located at 13926 Lee Highway, is one of the 11 new locations that will offer rapid antigen testing through a drive-up service at no costs to residents. Prior to Friday s announcement, only four Walgreens locations across the state were offering the free testing service.
VDH Expands Partnership with Walgreens To Offer Antigen Testing at No Cost
Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2021 | News | |
(Richmond, Va.) The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced today that it has expanded its partnership with Walgreens to provide Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen testing at selected Walgreens locations across the Commonwealth. This arrangement increases the number of Walgreens locations that will operate drive-thru COVID-19 testing at no cost to the public from four to fifteen stores.
“We are pleased to announce the expansion of this public-private partnership following a successful pilot with four Walgreens locations,” said Dr. Parham Jaberi, VDH Public Health and Preparedness deputy commissioner. “Our continued partnership will help ensure increased access to COVID-19 testing at no cost for some of our communities that lack a fixed testing location or have higher rates of vulnerable populations.”