Walmart's Bentonville testing site open - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

BENTONVILLE -- Walmart's new covid-19 testing site on the parking lot of the Home Office is open to anyone who meets the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's testing criteria, according to the city.

People who wish to be tested at the site must make an appointment online at MyQuestCOVIDTest.com or through Quest's app, MyQuest. People who do not make an appointment will not be tested, according to a news release from the city. The site is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, weather permitting. Specimen samples are collected via mouth and nasal swabs to be tested for covid-19.

Screening

Coronavirus screening is available at:

• Walmart/Quest testing site: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 702 S.W. 8th St. in Bentonville.

• UAMS digital screening: www.uamshealth.com/healthnow

• UAMS hotline: (800) 632-4502

• Washington Regional hotline: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, (479) 463-2055

• Washington Regional Coronavirus Screening Center: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 3318 N. North Hills Blvd. in Fayetteville.

• Washington Regional Family Clinic drive-through screening clinic: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday, 146 Passion Play Road, Suite A in Eureka Springs.

• Arkansas Children’s Hospital hotline for child health: (800) 743-3616

• Mercy Coronavirus Evaluation Site: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday and Sunday, 2090 S. Promenade Blvd. in Rogers. Patients must call (479) 717-7585 ahead to be screened.

• Community Clinic Siloam Springs Medical: 500 S. Mount Olive St., No. 200 in Siloam Springs. 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Community Clinic Rogers Medical: 1233 W. Poplar St. in Rogers. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Elmdale Elementary School Based Health Center: 420 N. West End, Suite B in Springdale. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Community Clinic Fayetteville Medical: 162 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 13-14 in Fayetteville. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Community Clinic Springdale Medical and Pediatrics: 614 E. Emma Ave., Suite 300 in Springdale. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Family Medicine South: 2523 E. Huntsville Road in Fayetteville. 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• MedExpress Urgent Care: 1160 S. 40th St. in Springdale. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Patients must call (479) 750-2971 to make an appointment.

• Northwest Medical Center: 601 S.W. Regional Airport Blvd. in Bentonville. Patients may call (479) 306-7507.

• Northwest Medical Center: 2158 Butterfield Coach Road, Suite 100 in Springdale. Patients may call (479) 306-7507.

• Veterans enrolled in Veterans Affairs health care: may call (800) 691-8387.

Source: NWA Democrat-Gazette

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced more than a week ago the state would partner with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics, a commercial lab, on the drive-through testing site.

The testing site is on the west parking lot of the Home Office, at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and South Walton Boulevard, according to the post. The post says the site was moved from the parking lot at the David Glass Technology Center on Moberly Lane.

Walmart opened a drive-thru testing site Friday in Shreveport, and plans to open another today in the New Orleans metro area, according to company spokeswoman Marilee McInnis.

The retailer has set a goal of operating more than 20 sites in more than 10 states by the end of April, she said.

"We are working closely with Quest Diagnostics, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and several states to open sites in areas of need," McInnis said. "We have been learning a lot from our initial sites so we can get the model right and are working hard to help expand testing in areas of need as quickly as possible."

Walmart opened its first site March 22 in Joliet, Ill.

More than 780 people in Benton County and more than 350 people in Washington County had been tested for the virus by 2 p.m. Friday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. Benton County had 48 cases, and Washington County had 37 cases as of Sunday afternoon.

NW News on 04/13/2020

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