Malfunction Closes Coronavirus Test Site At Camden County College

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The new coronavirus drive-thru testing site at Camden County College in Gloucester Township is temporarily closed due to an I.T service interruption, Camden County officials announced on Friday.

Patients with appointments scheduled for this afternoon are asked to visit the testing site on Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Camden City.

“We are working to rectify these technical issues as quickly as possible so that testing can resume when the site opens on Monday,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. said. “Appointments will continue to be honored at the Freeholder Board’s second testing site in Camden City where a dedicated team of medical providers is standing by. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.”

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The county’s second testing site is located at 2600 Mount Ephraim Avenue in the parking lot of the Camden Division of Motor Vehicles. The site is open from noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. To make an appointment, call 856-968-7100 or 856-342-2881 (Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

The testing site at Camden County College is expected to resume normal hours on Monday, officials said. The site is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Prospective patients must have an appointment which can be made at 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).

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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