Rite Aid Loosens Its Criteria for Free COVID-19 Testing

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) on Tuesday announced it would make free COVID-19 testing available to a larger group than before. Adults exhibiting any of the following symptoms -- fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and new loss of taste or smell -- are eligible for diagnostic screening at one of its 25 self-swab drive-up test sites at no cost. Each site has the capacity to handle around 400 tests daily. 

Pharmacists on-site will watch patients self-swab their nasal cavities before sending the samples off to be tested by Opko Health (NASDAQ: OPK) subsidiary, BioReference Laboratories.

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