Chesco Coronavirus Antibody Testing Open To All Essential Workers

CHESTER COUNTY, PA — Testing for coronavirus antibodies in Chester County is now open to all essential workers who have been working onsite, the county announced this week. In addition, public testing for antibodies will indeed soon be available, but "at a later date" in Chester County, authorities reaffirmed.

Antibody testing was previously only open in Chester County to select emergency personnel. Chester is the first county in Pennsylvania and among the first in Pennsylvania to offer the service, which officially launched May 11.

Essential workers are now eligible to be tested at the site if they've worked during the red phase at their workplace and if they live or work in Chester County. Their household members are also eligible to be tested.

You can register for testing here.

The drive-thru sites are located at Longwood Gardens' south lot in Chadds Ford, and the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus on 137 Modena Road in Coatesville.

No symptomatic individuals will be permitted to be tested, and all individuals on site will be evaluated for symptoms before being given the test. All individuals at the site must wear a mask. Pedestrians, large commercial vehicles, and motorcycles are prohibited.

The testing is being put together by the Chester County Health Department, Department of Emergency Services, and Lehigh Valley Genomics.