Health & Fitness
Moorestown Moves Toward Expanded COVID-19 Testing In Township
Moorestown Council approved a resolution that paves the way for COVID-19 testing at 1245 North Church Street.
MOORESTOWN, NJ — There looks to be another coronavirus testing site coming to Moorestown. Moorestown Council took a step closer to expanding coronavirus testing in the township Monday night.
Moorestown Council unanimously approved a resolution to enter into a hold harmless agreement to permit the use of a township facility for coronavirus testing at its meeting Monday night.
The agreement indemnifies the township in the case of malpractice should Pennsylvania-based Skippack Medical Lab move forward with a proposed coronavirus testing site at 1245 North Church Street.
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Mayor Nicole Gillespie wasn’t immediately sure when the site might open when reached by Patch for comment Tuesday morning.
Skippack is one of two companies that had approached the township about additional coronavirus testing sites in Moorestown. Read more here: Council Considers More COVID Testing Sites In Moorestown
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Discussions with the other company, which has not been named, were ongoing, Gillespie said Tuesday morning. That proposal would see testing take place out of a mobile van.
Skippack, located at 200 Rittenhouse Circle East, Suite 9, in Bristol, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1981.
Moorestown already has two testing sites, including one at the Virtua Urgent Care on Young Avenue. That one tests 150 people a day, and is not close to capacity, Gillespie said.
The other is a rapid testing site behind the Moorestown Mall that returns results in 15 minutes and charges $75.
The township is also home to one of the state’s vaccination “mega-sites,” which could accommodate up to 2,400 people a day if there were enough vaccines available. Read more here: Murphy Tours Moorestown Vaccine ‘Megasite,’ Singleton Gets Vaccinated
As of Tuesday night, there have been 1,152 cases of the coronavirus and 73 coronavirus related deaths in Moorestown since the pandemic began.
Countywide, there have been 29,309 coronavirus cases, 667 confirmed deaths and 69 probable deaths since the pandemic began.
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