Traffic & Transit
NJ Transit To Test Employees For Coronavirus In South Jersey
The test site at Rowan College of South Jersey will be open to employees for appointment-testing only.
NJ Transit is adding a second coronavirus testing site for its employees, this time in South Jersey, the transit company announced on Monday.
The site has opened at Rowan College of South Jersey, and is open to employees for appointment-only testing Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The college is located at 1400 Tanyard Road in Sewell.
It joins an existing site for NJ Transit employees that opened in East Rutherford last week. Read more here: NJ Transit Workers Will Have Access To New Coronavirus Test Site
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Both sites operate through an agreement with Agile Urgent Care and Accurate Diagnostics Lab. NJ Transit is also working on a possible third testing site for employees in Central Jersey.
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“Our goal is to have every one of our nearly 12,000 employees tested for COVID-19. This new site, in addition to the site in East Rutherford, will facilitate achieving that goal by providing added convenience for NJ TRANSIT employees living and working in South Jersey,” NJ Transit President/CEO Kevin Corbett said. “More testing will lead to quicker identification of cases, quicker treatment for those testing positive, and immediate isolation. This is all part of our ongoing efforts to meet our primary objective during this pandemic — to protect our employees and our customers from the continued spread of this virus.”
In early April, a popular Transit conductor passed away, and the agency said 87 others tested positive. All staff and customers on NJ Transit vehicles are required to wear face coverings per Governor Murphy's Executive Order 125.
As an added precautionary measure to protect bus operators and customers, NJ Transit has implemented rear-door boarding on all bus routes where rear-boarding is available. Seats near the bus operator have been taken out of service to allow for proper social distancing for the operator.
Due to the rapidly changing nature of the coronavirus response, customers are strongly encouraged to sign up for My Transit alerts and to check njtransit.com for the latest updates.
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