Walmart exceeds its goal on testing sites

April 28, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

by Serenah McKay

Medical personnel help each other at a federal COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the parking lot of Walmart in North Lake, Ill., Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus cause mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Medical personnel help each other at a federal COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the parking lot of Walmart in North Lake, Ill., Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus cause mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Walmart Inc. has surpassed its goal of opening 20 coronavirus testing sites around the country by the end of April, according to a map on its corporate website.

The frequently updated map can be viewed at https://corporate.walmart.com/covid19testing. The site also has more details about the testing process.

Walmart will open its third Arkansas testing site today, at Fort Smith Park, a Walmart spokesman said Monday. It will operate Mondays through Wednesdays each week.

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The first Arkansas site, on the grounds of its Bentonville headquarters, opened in early April as a pilot site. A second is now open at 2700 S. Shackleford Road in Little Rock.

The retailer said in a recent blog post that it plans as many as 50 of the drive-thru sites nationwide.

Most Walmart testing sites are set up in Supercenter and Sam's Club parking lots. Anyone with symptoms of covid-19 can get tested, as well as health care workers and emergency responders whether or not they have any symptoms.

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