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Paramus NJ, In partnership with FEMA, New Jersey has opened two community-based testing sites for individuals who are experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness.
In order to be eligible for testing, individuals must be current New Jersey residents and experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness. Priority will be given to symptomatic individuals experiencing cough, fever (99.6F or above) and shortness of breath.
In addition, several New Jersey counties are offering public COVID-19 testing to their own residents.
Complete this self-assessment to learn what to do.
Find a testing center near you here.
Starting Sunday, March 29, the Bergen Community College and PNC Bank Arts Center testing centers sites will open every other day on a staggered schedule, which can be found here. Meaning on Sunday, March 29, ONLY the testing site at Bergen County College will be open, and on Monday, March 30, ONLY the PNC Bank Arts Center site will be open, and so on.
Each day these sites are open, they will be able to test 500 people starting at 8 a.m.
We are taking this extraordinary step to preserve the health and safety of the tremendous women and men working these sites.
Starting Saturday, April 4, every Saturday the PNC Bank Arts Center site will be dedicated to symptomatic health care workers and first responders — police, fire, and EMS — with valid credentials only. The general public will not be able to access this site on Saturdays.