Tag: COVID-19 testing
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Mobile Health Solutions selects R.J. Brunelli & Co to expand COVID testing sites
Responding to the critical need to make COVID-19 testing more accessible to New Jersey residents, Mobile Health Solutions has selected R.J. Brunelli & Co., LLC to help guide its expansion to parking lots of shopping centers and other high visibility sites throughout the state. In its role as exclusive real estate representative for New Jersey, the firm will…
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Burlington County suspends home COVID-19 testing program due to excessive ordering of kits by residents
The Burlington County Department of Health has suspended the county’s home COVID-19 testing program because of abuse and misuse by residents. Director Dr. Herb Conaway issued the following statement on Nov. 23 regarding the suspension. “From the very start of the pandemic, our Burlington County Health Department and, frankly, all of county government has taken…
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Burlington County expands COVID testing to include home saliva kits
By KRYSTAL NURSE The Sun Burlington County’s testing for COVID-19 has been expanded with easier on-site checks and even home kits. Dr. Herb Conaway, director of the Burlington County Health Department, announced the new testing program during an Oct. 5 press conference. Checks can now be done via saliva sample at Rowan College at Burlington…
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Middlesex County partners with East Brunswick to unveil system-wide COVID-19 testing as schools reopen
Middlesex County is partnering with East Brunswick and its Board of Education to implement a unique model for testing students and faculty to prevent and abate the spread of COVID-19 as the new school season begins. This pilot testing program will invite students, faculty and staff to get tested on a voluntary basis by onsite…
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Burlington County Department of Health continues free COVID testing
The Burlington County Department of Health will continue to offer free coronavirus testing to county residents at clinics in Moorestown, Edgewater Park, Burlington City and Bass River. The county launched its mobile testing program this month in order to ensure that testing was available and accessible to all county residents. Previously the department offered free…
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Burlington County offers COVID-19 mobile testing
The Burlington County Health Department announced the county will now be providing mobile COVID-19 testing. “We want to bring COVID-19 testing to our residents who may lack or have limited access to transportation. Individuals may collect their own samples or request assistance in doing so. As always, county testing remains free of charge,” Health…
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Lakeridge community in Old Bridge ran marathon for first responders, food bank
OLD BRIDGE – Members of the Lakeridge community laced up their sneakers to run a marathon around their neighborhood, all for a good cause. “We are a close-knit community of 350 houses and are all friendly,” Ward 2 Councilman Erik DePalma said. DePalma said in a discussion with Ed Hussey and his wife Kim, the…
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Mercer County opens COVID testing site to symptom-free residents
Mercer County residents who believe they may have been exposed to COVID-19 but who are not displaying any symptoms may now be tested at one of Mercer County’s three testing sites, Mercer County officials announced on May 20. Any resident who has a physician’s prescription for a COVID-19 test is eligible to be tested on…
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Positive number of COVID cases in Hightstown continues upward climb
The number of Hightstown residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 has continued its upward climb, according to results released by the New Jersey Department of Health May 13. There were 123 Hightstown residents who had tested positive for the disease through May 12, officials said. This is an increase of 16 residents over 107…