Montco unveils six COVID-19 testing sites
NORRISTOWN » New walk-up coronavirus testing sites will open in Lansdale, Willow Grove, Ardmore and Green Lane next week, joining sites in Pottstown and Norristown, as Montgomery County officials continue to urge residents to get tested.
“Based on resident feedback, the county, beginning July 6, will stand up new walkup testing sites in a number of locations around the county,” Commissioners’ Chairwoman Dr. Valerie Arkoosh revealed during a Wednesday news briefing. “We will also continue to operate the existing walkup sites in Norristown and Pottstown.”
A new testing site will be located at 421 Main St. in Lansdale and will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
A new testing site will be available at the county’s Willow Grove Office of Public Health at 102 Old York Rd. Testing will be available there on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Another new walk-up site will be located at Deep Creek and Snyder roads in the Green Lane Park area, where tests will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
The last new site will be located in Ardmore at 114 W. Lancaster Avenue where testing will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
“I want to give very special and very heartfelt thanks to the Piazza Organization who is allowing us to locate this testing site in a parking lot owned by them,” Arkoosh said. “This is an example of true public service to our community and we are very, very grateful.”
A walk-up testing site will continue to be available at the county’s Office of Public Health Pottstown Health Center at 364 King St. Testing will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The sites in Pottstown, Green Lane, Lansdale, Willow Grove and Ardmore will open on Monday, July 6.
A walk-up testing site in Norristown, which is located on the parking lot of the Delaware Valley Community Health Norristown Regional Health Center at 1401 DeKalb St., will reopen on Tuesday, July 7. Testing hours will be announced at a later date.
To register for a test at any of the sites, residents can go to www.montcopa.org/ COVID-19 and click on the county testing information button. Residents can also register for a test at any of the six sites by calling 610-970-2937.
That phone number as well as the online registration will open at 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 6, officials said.
“I want to emphasize that these countyrun sites will be no cost, although insurance will be billed if you have it, but there’s no requirement for that. They will not require a health care provider’s order and we will test individuals of any age who either want or need to be tested,” Arkoosh explained.
Funding for the new sites, Arkoosh said, will be covered by federal CARES Act monies the county is slated to receive. The county previously was earmarked to receive about $145 million under the CARES Act to fight the coronavirus.
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