UPDATE (3/20/2020): The City has opened a drive-through testing site in the parking lot of Citizens Bank Park in South Philly. The site is open daily from 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and individuals don’t need a doctor’s referral to receive a test. However, only healthcare workers and people over the age of 50 who are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 are eligible for testing at this site (at least for now). Please read more information here.
(3/18/2020): Penn has opened a COVID-19 drive-through testing site for people whose primary-care physician is within the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine). The exact location of the site hasn’t been revealed. You need a referral from your doctor, who will provide the address of the site. The site offers free testing – no co-pays or deductibles will be charged.
Here are other free drive-through testing sites around the city, also by referral through their systems:
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has opened one site near West Philadelphia campus
• Jefferson Hospital: one site in Center City
• Temple University: one site on main campus
More rapid testing sites are expected to open in the city.
To check for COVID-19 symptoms, go here.
March 19th, 2020 at 12:09 pm
If you really want to help and be proactive, drive thru and walk up testing should be made available to all in the community over 60. No referral, no network. Charge us $10, send results to our doctor. Having to be in Penn Medicine and trying to get an appointment or referral, not everyone is in network or can get through or in for referral. Do the right thing for all of us.