Camden County Coronavirus Test Sites Closed Due To Weather

CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — The coronavirus drive-through test sites at Camden County College and Cooper’s Poynt Waterfront Park in Camden will both be closed on Tuesday due to a string of strong to severe storms in the forecast, county officials announced.

Rain is expected for a majority of the day, with a thunderstorm expected between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. and scattered storms after that, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts up to 40 mph are expected, and small hail is possible.

The site is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday when it is expected to be mostly sunny, officials said. Testing is also taking place at Jefferson Health facilities in Cherry Hill and Washington Township. Patients can also visit one of the other clinic sites operated by Cooper University Health Care or Virtua Health until the sites reopen for their normal operating hours on Wednesday.

“For the safety of our healthcare personnel and residents seeking testing, it has been determined that testing should not be administered at the site this afternoon,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. said. “The decision to lose a day of testing is not easy to make, but after carefully reviewing today’s forecast, it was determined that the combination of heavy rain, lightning, and winds up to 40 mph poses too great of a risk. We know that testing is critical in our fight against this virus, but our foremost concern is the safety of our residents and the medical providers who are already putting their health in jeopardy to administer testing. Testing will resume during normal operating hours on Wednesday.”

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The testing site is set up at Camden County College’s Gloucester Township campus directly adjacent to Peter Cheeseman Road. It 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 Camden County College 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).

The Cooper's Poynt Waterfront site, operated jointly by Cooper University Health Care, Virtua Health, the Camden County Freeholder Board, and Camden County Health Department, will continue offering testing indefinitely based on need and available resources. The site serves county residents, by appointment, who have symptoms and meet other criteria, and who have received a referral for testing from a medical provider (at Cooper, Virtua, CamCare, or other provider).

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