Deptford Rite Aid Among New Stores Offering Coronavirus Testing

DEPTFORD, NJ — A Deptford Rite Aid store is among the most recent South Jersey stores that have adopted self-swab testing site for the coronavirus, the pharmaceutical company announced Wednesday morning.

Beginning Thursday, the Rite Aid at 860 Cooper Street in Deptford will offer self-swab coronavirus testing. It is one of 161 new Rite Aid stores that will offer the testing nationwide. A total of 258 Rite Aid stores will now offer coronavirus testing.

Other nearby Rite Aid stores that are also adding testing on Thursday include:

• 435 East Broadway in Salem;
• 130 East Main Street in Penns Grove;
• 865 Route 45 in Piles Grove;
• 217 Sunset Road in Willingboro;
• 52 East Broad Street in Bridgeton; and
• 7 West Landis Avenue in Vineland.

Stores at 500 Woodbury-Glassboro Road in Sewell, 501 Clements Bridge Road in Barrington and at 101 White Horse Pike in Clementon already offer testing.

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All adults 18 years of age or older, even if they don't have coronavirus symptoms, are eligible for testing and can begin pre-registering online today at www.riteaid.com in order to schedule an appointment.

The testing sites operate through the store's drive-through window and use self-swab nasal tests overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists. Testing will be available between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Rite Aid has partnered with Verily and will use its Baseline COVID-19 Program to provide screening, scheduling, and return of results to participants for Rite-Aid testing sites.

Rite Aid also selected BioReference Laboratories to provide COVID-19 laboratory testing to all drive-up locations with the goal of flattening the curve through accessible diagnostic testing.
Clinical oversight for the coronavirus testing program is provided by PWNHealth, a national clinician network that enables safe and easy access to diagnostic testing.

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