Here Are All The Middlesex County Coronavirus Test Sites
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Need a coronavirus test? Compiled by the Middlesex County health department and released Wednesday, here are all the locations in Middlesex County where you can get a COVID test:
Carteret Doctor's Medi Center Plaza 12 835 Roosevelt Ave 732-969-2240 COVID or antibody test: BOTH
East Brunswick Brunswick Urgent Care 641 Route 18 South 732-955-6765 BOTH
CVS Drive thru 380 Route 18 866-389-2727 Just COVID
Med Express 418 State Route 18 732-613-6168 Just COVID
CityMD Urgent Care 638 Route 18 South 848-206-0091 BOTH
Edison Immediate Care 561 US- Highway 1 South 732-944-0950 BOTH
Rite Aid 10 Lincoln Highway 732-744-0705 Just COVID
CVS Drive thru 8 Eden Ave 732-248-7911 Just COVID
CVS Drive thru 1133 Inman Ave 866-389-2727 Just COVID
Iselin Excel Urgent Care of Iselin 740 US Highway 1 732-874-5507 BOTH
Matawan CVS Drive thru 27 Morristown Rd 732-583-4347 Just COVID
Monroe MyInstaDoc 298 Applegarth Rd. Street B 609-207-3220 BOTH
Hackensack Meridian Urgent Care 215 Applegarth Road 732-263-7922 BOTH
New Brunswick Middlesex County Walk-Up Test Site 216 Livingston Ave Redshaw Elementary School 732-745-3100 Just COVID
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place 732-828-3000 BOTH
InFocus Urgent Care 335 George Street 609-799-7009 BOTH
North Brunswick PM Pediatrics Urgent Care 375 Dixmyth Ave 732-297-6767 BOTH
CVS Drive thru 2257 US Highway 1 South 732-297-9001 Just COVID
PM Pediatrics Urgent Care 2421 US Route 1 732-297-6767 BOTH
Old Bridge CVS Drive thru 2988 Route 516 866-389-2727 Just COVID
Excel Urgent Care of Old Bridge 2624 Highway 516 732-952-5000 BOTH
Raritan Bay Medical Center 1 Hospital Plaza 732-360-1000 BOTH
Perth Amboy Jewish Renaissance Medical Center 260 Front St. 732-376-632 BOTH
Piscataway Middlesex County Drive Thru Test Site 1 Ericsson Drive 732-745-3100 Just COVID
Hackensack Meridian Urgent Care 1080 Stelton Road 848-230-6802 BOTH
Plainsboro CVS Drive thru 4 Schalks Crossing Road 866-389-2727 Just COVID
South Plainfield AFC Urgent Care 907 Oak Tree Ave 908-222-3500 BOTH
Woodbridge Kinder Pediatric Urgent Care 530 Green Street 732-371-4400 BOTH
You usually must say you have symptoms to be tested at any of those above sites. However, in addition to those sites above, Middlesex County will continue to test symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals at two locations:
A.C. Redshaw Elementary School, 216 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick (walk-up)
1 Ericsson Drive, Piscataway (drive-thru)
You must have an appointment. To schedule an appointment at either location call 732-745-3100 or visit Middlesexcountynj.gov/COVID19testing. Testing is free for Middlesex County residents.
“Although the state is relaxing its orders and reopening the economy, we strongly encourage all our residents to remain vigilant, even after a vaccine becomes available. As we’re in the summer months, there is naturally a dramatic increase in social gatherings both at home and in public areas including beaches and pools," said Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald Rios. "It is even more imperative now to socially distance, wear masks, and get tested. Mass testing, contact tracing and quarantines will get us on the road back to normalcy within our ‘new reality’ sooner."
Here's how New Jersey contact tracing works: When a person tests positive for COVID-19, their data is added to the New Jersey Department of Health Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System. These reports are then provided to the local health department where a contact tracer is assigned to call the person for an interview to determine close contacts. A close contact is anyone who was within six feet of you for more than 10 minutes at least two days before your positive test if you didn't have any symptoms, or two days before your first symptom appeared.
Contact tracers call individuals to provide education, information and support to understand their risk, what they should do to separate themselves from others who are not exposed, how they should monitor themselves for illness, and the possibility that they could spread the infection to others even if they themselves do not feel ill.
If residents have concerns that the person calling is not a real contact tracer, they can request the name and ID of anyone who calls, hang up and call the Middlesex County Office of Health Services at 732-745-3100. Select “option 2” to speak to a nurse, who will verify if the person that called is a trained Middlesex County Contact Tracer.
“Despite the declining positive COVID-19 cases, which is a good indication that our collective efforts are working — we are not out of the woods yet. We must all continue to work together to curtail the spread of the virus by being responsible and getting tested and ensuring accurate information is shared to contact tracers. These extra steps can help save lives in our County,” said Freeholder and Chair of Public Safety & Health Committee Shanti Narra.
This article originally appeared on the Woodbridge Patch
