Our COVID-19 action plan

October

• CVS Health announces expansion of COVID-19 testing services with 1,000 rapid-result testing sites

November

• CVS Pharmacy^® becomes the first national retailer to offer touch-free payments through PayPal and Venmo, further enhancing consumer safety  

December

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services selects CVS Health to administer a monoclonal antibody therapy for eligible COVID-19 patients at risk of severe infection
• Aetna^® announces it will waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 vaccination for all Commerical and Medicaid members; further extends series of cost-share waivers to help members access care

January

• CVS Health completes first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses at skilled nursing facilities

February

• CVS Pharmacy begins offering COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible populations across 11 states
• CVS Health announces community-based strategy to address COVID-19 vaccine education and equity
• COVID-19 vaccine offering at CVS Pharmacy expands to 17 states

March

• CVS Health begins rollout of community-based vaccination clinics in areas with greatest need
• Educators and early childhood workers account for more than 30 percent of vaccination appointments at CVS Pharmacy
• COVID-19 vaccine offering at CVS Pharmacy expands to 29 states

April

• CVS Health surpasses 17 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered at long-term care and CVS Pharmacy retail locations
• Over-the-counter COVID-19 testing becomes available at CVS Pharmacy
• Return Ready^™ solution begins offering worksite vaccination clinics for U.S. employers

May

• Vaccine appointments become available for adolescents ages 12 to 15 at CVS Pharmacy
• CVS Health announces #OneStepCloser sweepstakes to encourage COVID-19 vaccination

June

• MinuteClinic^® locations begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible populations

July

• CVS Health releases 2021 Health Care Insights Study, including key data on how the pandemic is impacting consumer health needs and preferences

August

• CVS Pharmacy begins offering third doses to certain immunocompromised people following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommentations and guidelines; over a 3-week period, more than 330,000 third doses administered across more than 9,700 CVS Pharmacy locations
• CVS Health announces it will require certain colleagues who interact with patients and all corporate staff, including all leaders at the vice president level and above, to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by October 31, 2021

September

• CVS Health holds national career event to fill 25,000 clinical and retail jobs to support flu season, COVID-19 testing and vaccination
• CVS Health begins offering Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot to eligible populations

November

• CVS Health begins administering the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine to children ages five to 11 at nearly 1,700 CVS Pharmacy locations in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

January

• CVS Pharmacy begins offering free N95 masks as part of the company’s continued participation in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program and its commitment to providing equitable access to the tools necessary to combat COVID-19

February

• CVS Health launches a new digital service via CVS.com® and the CVS Pharmacy app that simplifies the process for locating, ordering and picking up at-home COVID-19 test kits;  service also offers eligible consumers zero upfront out-of-pocket cost, with no need for them to submit a claim to their health insurance providers

March

• CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic offer recommended second booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to people age 50 and older

May

• CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster to children ages five through 11 who have completed their primary series at select CVS Pharmacy locations