Effective today, until further notice, COVID-19 testing at Bergen and Monmouth sites will now conduct testing on any New Jersey resident, regardless of symptom status. There is no longer a requirement that persons must be symptomatic prior to testing.
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: 8am to 4pm
• PNC Bank Arts Center – 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday: 8am to 4pm
• Bergen Community College – 400 Paramus Road, Paramus Campus – Lots B & C, Paramus, NJ 07652
When you arrive, you will need to provide and do the following:
• Provide proof of residency in New Jersey (Picture ID)
• Keep your window up. You will be directed when to lower the window just enough to slide paper though
• Be prepared to hold you drivers license or ID up to the window
• Do not exit your vehicle
• Restrooms are not available
Should this schedule change, we will send another announcement out.
If you have any general questions or concerns, the NJ Poison Control Center and 211 have partnered with the State to provide information to the public on COVID-19:
Call (General COVID-19 Questions): 2-1-1 (24/7)
Call (Medical COVID-19 Questions): 1-800-962-1253 (24/7)
Text NJCOVID to 898-211 to receive alerts
Chris Desch
Jessica Borner
Anyone know where one can get the antibody test?
Belle Rose where are you located?
Meredith L. Oberdorf ocean county
Meredith L. Oberdorf thank you
Your welcome. Wish you well!
Meredith L. Oberdorf you as well
Meredith L. Oberdorf any idea on Burlington Cty?
Matt Arnot haven’t seen anything for antibody test yet for Burlington.. do u have any local IMAs or blood test labs you can call or check their Facebooks? I know the labs like Quest and LabCorp are rolling it out as well
Meredith L. Oberdorf will check thanks
Maureen Lund
Is the test administered in your ass? Asking for myself
Will the test show if you had it already? And how much will it cost?
Lisa Wise not until they develop something to test for antibodies
No thank you Tainted test
Doris Riehl exactly! F that!
Doris Riehl you conspiracy theory wingnuts are priceless…
Kevin Karlick except that actually happened.
Why would I take a test if I’m healthy and have no symptoms? Lol
Natasha Whalen because you can still have the virus and transmit it to others.
Joanne Voinski and the day after testing negative you can catch it from someone else who is asymptomatic so how often are you supposed to be tested? Weekly?
Joanne Voinski so that would mean my kids and my husband are all asymptomatic? Lol.
Natasha Whalen good question
Natasha Whalen no, that would mean that they are as clueless as you are.
The droves of paranoid people with no symptoms is going to be insane at these testing sites.
???? it’s mainly for tracing. If you don’t have it today, great. Don’t go get tested again. But there will be people who test positive that are asymptomatic that have been in contact with two other people, and those two people have been in contact with others, etc. Asymptomatic spread. Tracing.
Natasha Whalen cause u could be asymptomatic and have the virus. That’s why those is so scary. People with no symptoms have it and are spreading it
Natasha Whalen because you can still be a carrier of the virus and not have symptoms. You could be infecting everyone around you and not even know you’re sick.
Natasha Whalen omg. You can be asymptotic! And spreading it to others without knowing. Lordy bee. This has literally been discussed 1000 times
Lindsay Joan
Is a doctor prescription still required??
Joanne Petitti Filippone
No
thank you
They’re trying to see how many people are immune. Tests in Chicago and Los Angeles show that upwards of 40% are currently immune. This is one big science experiment.
I think that would be the antibody test .. not this one
Erin Kasaba this isn’t an antibody test ????????????????????
Nicole Recchia
Amy Recchia i can’t even imagine the line. Lol
Nicole Recchia I know. Especially at first.
Amy Recchia yea. I’ll wait lol
Hopefully Amazon will start doing it. He wants to
Nicole Recchia I read that they are trying to come up with a test.
Amy Recchia yup. He already has labs and what not
Mike O’Neill
Michael
Michelle Isaksen Mulvihill
The tests were supposed to be free. Wonder if that’s still how it is. You might have to pay for the kit and then for them to send it to the lab
Arianne Kapandais Engroff But you used to need a doctors note and shows symptoms now it’s saying that they will test you without either a doctors note or symptoms. has always been free
Arianne Kapandais Engroff test is free.. dr visit isnt.. lol
How will this test prove whether or not you may be immune?
Nicole Marie antibodies
Pete Zito but isn’t this just them testing as they have been looking for pos/neg for the virus?
Nicole Marie it won’t. That’s a different test showing antibodies but even then they don’t know if you’re immune for 1 month or a year…new virus will need more studies done over time
Nicole Marie No!
Finally
Antonio Afanador
Maybe for those who are sick but weren’t or aren’t sick enough to get testing before
Is it free or do u have to pay
I think it’s feee
Just like Trump said…
Anyone know how antibodies test is done my mother can’t deal with the Nose test she gets nosebleed from it
Robert Stout there’s a saliva test available in NJ q
Christine Tate ok thanks
Robert Stout I forget which site it’s at but i know it exists!
Christine Tate ok np thanks I will google it
Robert Stout the test they give at PNC is just a swab of your nostrils. They don’t go all the way in. You actually do it yourself. Small swab like a q tip.
Lezama Jenni like how far up?
Robert Stout the saliva test are in Edison on Kilmer Road DMV. If I am correct you have to be a Middlesex county resident.
Tiffany Grasso Serio midway
Christine Tate I believe it’s at the Edison site it’s at Kilmer DMV station
Francesca Bello thanks I just found the address on google
Robert Stout you’re welcome, good luck!!!!!! Stay safe!!!
Francesca Bello you too and thanks
So this is a test to see if you have it currently or will this test show if you had it in the past as well?
Jason Disbrow yes, if you have it now (can have it without symptoms). Antibodies test will be able to see if you’ve had it in the past.
So im guessing you don’t need a script from the doctor.
Well this test only detect if you currently have it or will it tell you if you have had in the past? Also is it the one they stick up your nose?
Dominick Casola you should also ask if your allowed more than one test. You can get tested today and get the Coronavirus next week
Good question because when a lot of us had a URI that was anti-biotic resistant and lasted over a month it seems possible that this could be what it was.
Great idea. All the healthy people go line up with the sick people see if you have it
Kyle Mathis except your not getting out of your vehicle so you are not near anyone!
Gotta keep those numbers up so we can get the funding!
Did u confirm this ? And where at ?
Victor Lucatorto 9,000,000
Hers the NJ’s official page. https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj-information/general-public/where-and-how-do-i-get-tested-for-covid-19-in-new-jersey-who-should-get-testing
This was posted by a friend who works in a urgent care. You could have it, not know it and spread it to others.
They can test me when I’m sick. Beyond that I have no plans to go there.
Vanessa Pereira Gago
Michele Mino
I’d rather not know if I’m positive or I’ll never get any rest wondering when it’s gonna hit me.
Ann Bastardi so you’d rather just spread it around freely
I am terrified you said that and your profile picture says you are a healthcare worker ????
Vinnie Galasso
Yes I am a healthcare worker and work in close contact with all of my clients and I have been informed by my big conglomerate employer that if I test positive I still have to keep working and spread it every where I go!
Did you hear that Crystal Blanco?????
You’re terrified?
Do you think that being positive means you never have to leave the house ever again? Don’t you go out to buy food? I do. I go every where I need to go and make sure I follow the guidelines.
I can only hope and pray that you do too.
Ann Bastardi why do you assume I am terrified? Are you? Seems like it. Ignorance is bliss. Good luck
Ann Bastardi I been told I have 2 keep on working ????????????!!!
Ann Bastardi
These should be for the people who are showing signs or sick first!
I thought just the other day, they didn’t have enough??
After opening up, then schedule to go to dr or a place and get it if you want. Just another way to boost the numbers and keep going on with the lockdown and to keep complaining about the federal government not doing enough. A way to get more money from government
No thanks
They should let the Essential workers with papers go to the head of the line. Others at home should wait their turn
Lorraine Batchelor
Dominick Mucchiello
Renee Imperiale Deo
Doesn’t this test only detect in the first 7 days of infection?… what’s the point? Many classic symptomatic patients are testing negative even 10 days into being sick. This isn’t an antibody test right?
Are they using the rapid tests …..? There have been many false negatives with those , only about 65% accurate….
FINALLY!!! People are understanding that they don’t have to be symptomatic to be positive and dangerous
Blood serum test is now available at certain facilities.
Barb Mckinney I guess now they have enough.
Millie Grayson Greenough wow only a month later.
Barb Mckinney right?
How does this help open the state back up. I think it will just give the governor an excuse to further inflate the numbers.
Robert Newell
#FAKENEWS. State needs CDC Approval to change this. ….
Tia Balestrieri
This has been rescinded.
Governor Murphy just stated that you still need to be symptomatic.
FYI seeing posts correcting this now and they ARE NOT testing people not showing signs of virus
Murphy just said this is NOT true.. Ocean County Scanner News
SHEEP
THIS IS FALSE…Governor stated today their was an error
Not true.
Agnes Genova. Hope you’re feeling better!
Christina Valenti Thank you for reaching out. It’s been rough. Still not as well as I’d like to be. But know that there are better days ahead. Hope you are well. ❤
Agnes Genova thinking of you and hope you get better soon. Better days are coming xoxo
Christina Valenti Thanks Sweetie. Love you. ????
Not true
They changed this today! They are not testing for asymptomatic
The charge???
Ashley DeRose
William Storms
Incorrect