Clifton Rite Aid Now Offering Free Coronavirus Testing

CLIFTON, NJ — There are now 14 Rite Aids in New Jersey that will test you for the coronavirus, whether you have symptoms or not.

And one of them is the Rite Aid on Clifton Avenue in Clifton.

Because this testing is offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Rite Aid test is free. It is available to anyone 18 and older, even if they have no symptoms. You must make an appointment here and show ID at the test site: https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/services/covid-19-testing

However, please note this is not the antibodies test: It only tells you whether you currently have coronavirus or not. Here are locations where you can get an antibody test.

The testing is not done via a saliva swab; samples are taken via the traditional nasal swab. The Rite Aid sites are unique because you can do the nasal swab yourself, while being overseen by a Rite Aid pharmacist.

All 14 Rite Aids in New Jersey offering free coronavirus testing as of Monday, May 11:

• Rite Aid at 219 Essex Street, Hackensack, NJ
• Rite Aid at 10 Lincoln Highway, Edison NJ
• Rite Aid at 104 12th Avenue, Newark, NJ
• Rite Aid at 1097 Broadway, NJ
• Rite Aid at 480 North Beverwyck Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ
• Rite Aid at 1147 Cooper Street, Edgewater Park, NJ
• Rite Aid at 2370 Rt. 33, Robbinsville, NJ
• Rite Aid at 773 Hamilton Street, Somerset, NJ
• Rite Aid at 500 Woodbury-Glassboro Road, Sewell
• Rite Aid at 75 South Main Street, Neptune, NJ
• Rite Aid at 1366 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ
• Rite Aid at 60 Franklin Turnpike, Waldwick, NJ
• Rite Aid at 501 Clements Bridge Road, Barrington, NJ
• Rite Aid at 31 Mule Road Toms River, NJ