Health & Fitness
Holiday Break Sidelines COVID Testing At Chatham Middle School
Find out where to go for COVID tests, with no testing at the Middle School on Dec. 24 or 31. The normal schedule resumes on Friday, Jan. 7.
CHATHAM, NJ — The School District of the Chathams’ regular COVID testing on Fridays at Chatham Middle School is not happening during the holiday break.
The district announced on Wednesday that there would be no tests offered on Dec. 24 or 31, with the next date for COVID tests through the school district offered on Jan. 7, 2022.
Please refer to the COVID-19 tab on the website for available testing resources over the holiday break. pic.twitter.com/EqGSOrMLvD
— School District of the Chathams (@chatham_sdoc) December 22, 2021
Instead, the school district provided alternate testing options for at-home tests, public testing sites and more.
Find out what's happening in Chathamfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- More information about all testing in New Jersey, which is free and doesn’t require insurance. Click to learn about a range of COVID test options in Chatham and nearby, which may be at clinics, pharmacies and labs: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/testing.
- Free, at-home COVID-19 saliva tests through New Jersey’s Department of Health and Vault Medical Services. These are shipped by UPS next-day delivery and once the test is taken, it can be returned by a UPS prepaid, next-day package, at no charge. Learn more at: learn.vaulthealth.com/nj.
- Chatham residents may also go to the walk-in site at Sears in Livingston for COVID testing, according to the school's post.
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