HOBOKEN TO PROVIDE 3,000 COVID-19 TESTING APPOINTMENTS THIS WEEK FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS EMPLOYEES TO HELP MITIGATE POST-HOLIDAY SURGE 

Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla, the City of Hoboken, and the City’s medical providers have expanded COVID-19 testing options for Hoboken residents and Hoboken business employees. Over 3,000 testing appointments are currently offered this week through the City’s testing providers, with 12,000 appointments anticipated for the month of January. Mayor Bhalla encourages anyone who gathered indoors with multiple households during the holidays, New Year’s Eve or this weekend to get a COVID-19 test at least 5-7 days after the date of the gathering, to avoid the chance of an inaccurate result. If you have symptoms, you do not need to wait the 5-7 days.

“The best way to prevent further spread of COVID-19 following the holidays and New Year’s is to get tested if you gathered indoors with multiple households, even if you don’t have symptoms,” said Mayor Bhalla. “We have made it as convenient as possible to get tested, with an appointment-based system to minimize wait times and eliminate long lines. I thank our testing providers for partnering with us to increase these options for our residents and business employees as we prepare for the potential of a post-holiday surge in cases.”

Below is the updated schedule for the week of January 4 and the anticipated schedule for month of January. Testing has been added every Wednesday with ivee between 8 am and 3:30 pm for all Hoboken residents and business employees, as well with Medicine Man Pharmacy on Wednesdays between 2 and 7 pm and Saturdays between 9 am and 1 pm.

ivee

Date: Every Wednesday (for month of January)
Time: 8 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Multi-Service Center (124 Grand Street, 2nd floor gymnasium)
Type of testing: PCR
Who: Hoboken residents, Hoboken business employees
Link for appointments: http://www.hobokennj.gov/ivee or below:

Riverside Medical Group

Dates: January 4 – January 8, Mondays – Saturdays (rest of January)
Time: 8 am – 3 pm
Location: 351 16th Street (Bijou Properties location)
Type of testing: Rapid (Abbott ID Now), and PCR
Who: Hoboken residents only
Link for appointments: http://www.hobokennj.gov/riverside 

(appointments typically released online for the following week on Wednesdays)

Note: Riverside Medical Group patients should call their Riverside primary care office to schedule a COVID-19 test and should not use the online sign-up form.

Prompt MD

Dates: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (for the month of January)
Time: 8 am – 3 pm
Location: 605 Jackson Street
Type of testing: PCR
Who: Hoboken residents
Link for appointments: http://www.hobokennj.gov/promptmd

Medicine Man Pharmacy

Date: Wednesdays and Saturdays (for month of January)
Time: 2 – 7 pm (Wednesdays), 9 am – 1 pm (Saturdays)
Location: 605 Jackson Street (updated location)
Type of testing: PCR
Who: Hoboken residents, Hoboken business employees
Link for appointments: http://www.hobokennj.gov/medicineman

New Jersey Department of Health

Date: Friday (January 8), Friday (January 22)
‍Time: 1 pm – 7 pm
Location: 221 Jackson Street (Hoboken Housing Authority, community room)
Who: Hoboken and Hudson County residents, Hoboken business employees
Type of testing: Saliva based
‍No appointment needed, testing provided on a first-come, first-serve basis‍

All testing schedules and updates are regularly posted at the City’s dedicated COVID-19 testing page, http://www.hobokennj.gov/testing.