{"id":51009,"date":"2020-10-13T22:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T04:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/albertsons-safeway-offer-covid-19-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:54:06","slug":"albertsons-safeway-offer-covid-19-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/albertsons-safeway-offer-covid-19-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Albertsons, Safeway offer COVID-19 tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8506f664-cff7-4a32-9f59-908c2588eb38&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Albertsons and Safeway pharmacies, including the stores in Durango and Cortez, are offering saliva tests for COVID-19 for $139.99.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Albertsons and Safeway pharmacies, including the stores in Durango and Cortez, are offering saliva tests for COVID-19 for $139.99.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Albertsons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Albertsons pharmacy in Durango and the Safeway pharmacy in Cortez are offering saliva tests for COVID-19 for $139.99.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Price, director of pharmacy operations for Albertsons and Safeway, said the tests are aimed at people who suspect they might have had a recent exposure to the novel coronavirus but do not qualify for free COVID-19 testing. It is also for people who need to prove they are COVID-free for travel, employment or school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called a PCR test, which basically means that it tests for active infections. It\u2019s not an antibody test. So it\u2019s not going to tell you if you\u2019ve had COVID,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the spread of the virus, anyone feeling sick or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 is asked not to enter the store; pharmacies will have tests mailed to them or someone can pick up a test on their behalf, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Also, anyone interested in the test can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/scheduletest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduletest.com<\/a> to complete a short questionnaire to request a test. Albertsons or Safeway pharmacies verify information and notify people when the test is ready for pick up or tests can be mailed to people.<\/p>\n<p>Tests are completed by providing a saliva sample into a test tube and sending it to a lab via the kit\u2019s prepaid, next-day shipping envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Test results will be available 24 to 72 hours after the lab receives the sample, and a patient will be notified of the results either by email or a text message, depending on their preference.<\/p>\n<p>Price said pharmacies will provide paperwork to people to submit to their health insurance carrier to see if the test\u2019s cost is covered by an individual\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n<p>But anyone wishing to obtain a test must initially pay the $139.99 for the test.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:parmijo@durangoherald.com\">parmijo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>test tube, mail to lab, find out if you have an active infection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,13,28,29,3105,668,500],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-51009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-pharmaceutical","tag-public-health","tag-retail"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87875,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009\/revisions\/87875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51009"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=51009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}