Coronavirus Test Site In Gloucester Township Expanding Hours

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The coronavirus drive-thru testing site at Camden County College will expand its hours beginning Tuesday, county officials announced.

The site, located at Camden County College’s Blackwood campus, directly adjacent to Peter Cheeseman Road in Gloucester Township, will continue to prioritize first responders, healthcare workers and other frontline, essential personnel who have been working throughout the pandemic.

“Almost 30 percent of our total confirmed positive caseload of COVID-19 patients are working on the front lines of this public health crisis,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. “The need for testing continues to be vital, and we want to make sure everyone working in an essential capacity — from the EMT answering calls to the grocery store clerk stocking shelves — has the ability to come to the site. This initiative, combined with social distancing and other mitigation factors, will help us break the back of this virus.”

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The new hours of operation are below:

• Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Closed on Sunday and Monday

Prospective patients must have an appointment which can be made by calling 844-542-2273; an appointment must be made even if a resident has already obtained a script.

The testing site is open to county residents, by appointment only, who have symptoms and meet other criteria, and who have received a referral for testing from a medical provider or primary care physician (at Jefferson, CAMcare Health Corporation or another provider).

Other frontline, essential personnel receiving priority treatment are employees from grocery/food stores, pharmacies, medical supply stores, gas stations, healthcare facilities, and ancillary stores within healthcare facilities, supply chain drivers, utility employees and civil servants.

“Jefferson is committed to improving the lives of our community members,” Jefferson Health Interim President Brian Sweeney said. “By partnering with the Camden County Freeholders to open and provide clinical support for this drive-through COVID-19 testing site, we continue to make a direct impact in the lives of frontline workers in the battle against coronavirus. By taking care of those who are taking care of others, our healthcare organization will help ‘flatten the curve’ of infection.”

Jefferson Health New Jersey currently has two drive-through testing sites, in Washington Township and in Cherry Hill. For more information, visit: https://newjersey.jeffersonhealth.org.

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