{"id":16456,"date":"2020-05-11T00:19:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T04:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2020-05-11T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T05:20:09","slug":"ocean-county-scales-back-covid-19-testing-hours-beginning-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/05\/ocean-county-scales-back-covid-19-testing-hours-beginning-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean County Scales Back COVID-19 Testing Hours Beginning Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16174\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16174\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A drive-through testing facility at Ocean County College, March 30, 2020. (Photo: Ocean County)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-238x178.jpg 238w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/occ-testing-2-681x511.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drive-through testing facility at Ocean County College, March 30, 2020. (Photo: Ocean County)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ocean County&#8217;s drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Ocean County College will reduce its hours beginning Monday, May 11, officials announced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have noticed the number of appointments being made for the site have been decreasing so we need to adjust the site schedule,&#8221; said Ocean County Public Health Coordinator Daniel Regenye. &#8220;The college drive thru testing site has gone very smoothly and we review the operations there weekly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Testing will be done at the site by appointment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The new hours will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day.<\/p>\n<p>The testing site opened last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are adjusting the hours at this time,&#8221; Regenye said. &#8220;Should we need to make changes again in the future we will do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The testing requirements remain the same:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be an Ocean County resident and have identification.<\/li>\n<li>You must have a healthcare practitioner script.<\/li>\n<li>You must make an online appointment at www.ochd.org.<\/li>\n<li>You must be symptomatic.<\/li>\n<li>Entry to the college site is from the Hooper Avenue entrance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any practitioner (including a nurse practitioner, advanced practice nurse, medical doctor, physician assistant, and others) who has &#8220;prescriptive&#8221; privileges in New Jersey can write a script for COVID testing \u2013 it does not necessarily have to be a physician.<\/p>\n<p>Prescriptions can obtained through telemedicine services offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org\/covid19\/\">Hackensack-Meridian Health<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RWJBHtelemed.org\">RWJ Barnabas Health<\/a>. 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