City to offer coronavirus testing for non-symptomatic frontline workers

Beginning on Thursday, Long Beach will offer coronavirus testing for frontline workers regardless of whether they are showing symptoms.


The testing will take place at a new site at Jordan Plus High School (171 W. Bort St.) and is one of 80 testing sites through a  partnership with OptumServe, the federal government health services business of Optum.


The news comes as Long Beach saw a jump in cases Wednesday as the city has ramped up testing in recent weeks. The city on Wednesday reported 629 positive cases for COVID-19, up from 602 on Tuesday. The city also reported three additional deaths, for a total of 36 deaths, all of which were people with underlying health issues.


“We are grateful to Governor Newsom and the County of Los Angeles for establishing this test site in Long Beach, which will allow many residents to get tested,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said in a statement. “Increasing testing capacity is critical to tracking, controlling and preventing the spread of COVID-19.”


Testing will take place at Jordan Plus High School, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, with parking available onsite. Staff will administer the nasal-pharyngeal swab test. Appointments are required. Below is key information about the new testing site:


Testing on April 30 and May 1 at Jordan Plus will only be available to front line workers including first responders, critical government personnel, health care professionals and grocery workers.

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Appointments can only be scheduled via phone.

The phone line to schedule appointments will become active on April 29. At that time, essential workers can call 888-634-1123 to make an appointment for April 30 and May 1.

Beginning May 4, members of the community experiencing symptoms, in addition to essential workers, can begin to utilize the testing site at Jordan Plus.

The appointment scheduling platform will become active online May 2 for appointments the following week.

While the new location is situated in Long Beach, it is not limited to Long Beach residents, and will be convenient to those living in Signal Hill, Rancho Dominguez, Compton, Carson and Bellflower, among other nearby cities.

Beginning Monday, Orange Coast College’s Pacific Coast campus will also offer frontline workers who show no symptoms.



The new site will initially have the capacity to administer 132 tests per day.


The city is also working with Long Beach City College to open another testing site at Veterans Memorial Stadium. With the new testing sites, the city will have the capacity to test more than 700 people per day, in addition to the roughly 250 people per day who can be tested at St. Mary Medical Center. 

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