Harrisburg, PA - The Department of Health today announced a free COVID-19 testing site is opening for the public in Cambria County through a partnership with AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI). The Wolf Administration also has additional testing sites in Berks, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Delaware, Luzerne and Mifflin counties.
“We continue to offer testing across the commonwealth as the fight against COVID-19 is not over and highly contagious variants continue spreading,” Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter said. “Testing is the best way to identify and help stop the spread of the virus. We continue to work with partners across the state ensuring the consistent accessibility of COVID-19 testing.”
“We encourage anyone who feels they need or want a test, especially if they think they have been exposed to COVID-19 or are experiencing symptoms, to take advantage of the free COVID-19 testing closest to them. This includes fully vaccinated individuals who are experiencing symptoms,” Klinepeter continued.
These testing resources are designed to rotate to different locations as needed.
Cambria County
Testing is available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 through Friday, Jan. 14 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15. The testing location is the Galleria Mall Old Verizon Store, 500 Galleria Drive, Suite 278, Johnstown, PA, 15904. Note, the Galleria Mall is located near the intersection of Route 219 and Route 56.
Berks County
Testing is available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. on Saturdays through Jan. 15. The testing location is the parking lot of Direct Link Technologies, 2561 Bernville Road, Reading, PA, 19605. Note, enter the parking lot from Van Reed Road.
Blair County
Testing will be available through Friday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the parking lot of Blair Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Drive, Altoona, PA, 16602.
Centre County
Testing will be available through Saturday Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the County Recycling and Refuse Authority/Interpretive Center, 253 Transfer Road, Bellefonte, PA, 16823.
Clinton County
Testing will be available through Saturday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday testing is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lock Haven University East Campus Gymnasium (former Lock Haven High School Gymnasium), 340 West Main Street, Lock Haven, PA, 17745.
Delaware County
Testing will be available through Friday, Jan. 7 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Starting the week of Jan. 10, testing will take place Tuesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Testing will be reserved for First Responders, Emergency Management Services personnel, and health care workers only from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. each morning. The testing site is located at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, 600 South Wycombe Avenue, Yeadon, PA, 19050.
Luzerne County
Testing will be available through Friday, Jan. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kirby Park, 301 Northampton Street, Kingston, PA, 18704.
Mifflin County
Testing will be available through Saturday, Jan. 15. Tuesday through Friday testing is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday testing is from 8 a.m. to noon at the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, 1150 Riverside Drive, Lewistown, PA, 17044.
In addition, Pennsylvanians can find testing sites in their area on the locator map here. Counties in need of a COVID-19 testing site should contact the Pennsylvania Department of Health to discuss the possibility of setting up a pop-up testing site.
The testing sites are open to anyone who feels they need a test. It is important that even people with no symptoms who have tested positive isolate to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Up to 450 people can be tested per day at most AMI testing sites. Mid-nasal passage swab PCR tests will be performed. Testing is on a first-come, first-serve basis and is free. No appointment is necessary. Testing is open to individuals from any county who are ages 3 and older. Individuals do not need to be experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 to be tested.
Patients are encouraged to bring a photo-ID, but ID is not required to be tested. Registration will also be completed on-site.
Individuals who are tested should self-quarantine while they await their test results. Individuals who live with other people should self-quarantine in a private room and use a private bathroom, if possible. Others living in the home with the individual awaiting test results should also stay at home. The department has additional instructions for individuals waiting for a COVID-19 test result. Individuals who test positive will receive a phone call from AMI while individuals who test negative will receive a secured-PDF emailed from AMI.
The department has contracted with AMI to perform pop-up COVID-19 testing in counties across the state since September 2020. The contracts were funded by the federal Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Enhancing Detection grant. Counties under the initial contract, as well as the total number of patients tested, can be found . Counties served under the first contract extension, as well as the total number of patients tested, can be found .
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark O'Neill - RA-DHpressoffice@pa.gov
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