Walmart, DroneUp, Quest to pilot drone delivery of COVID-19 tests

Timely results are important to the coronavirus testing effort. People need to know if they are infected so they understand whether they should quarantine. Yet, individuals with COVID-19-like symptoms may not feel up to driving to a testing center and could risk infecting people when they do. Delivering tests by priority mail can help to eliminate those problems but longer than expected shipping times can cause delays.

Quest, Walmart and DroneUp see drones as a way to get COVID-19 test kits to people sooner.  

People living in single-family homes within one mile of the store can order a test online and receive the kit via drone on the same day. The drone will drop the kit on the recipient’s driveway, front sidewalk or backyard "depending on where there are cars and trees."