CVS, Walgreens Limiting Number of At-home COVID-19 Tests Customers Can Buy Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Holiday Demand

COVID-19 testing kits are packaged on a production line at the SD Biosensor bio-diagnostic company near Cheongju, South Korea, on March 27, 2020. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

CVS Health and Walgreens are limiting the number of at-home COVID-19 testing kits that customers can purchase following “unprecedented” holiday demand for them.

The two largest pharmaceutical chain stores in the United States announced the move in separate statements this week, just days before Christmas.