Testing offered at multiple sites throughout the County
Ventura, CA – The County of Ventura’s drive through COVID-19 testing site in Santa Paula, located at 128 S. Hallock Drive, will be closed on Friday, October 9, 2020. The site will be relocated to the Santa Paula Oil Museum located at 1001 E. Main Street in Santa Paula beginning October 16, 2020. The operating hours will be Friday through Tuesday from 10 am to 7 pm. The change of location and hours will allow easy access to testing for residents.
Testing is an important component of slowing the spread of COVID-19. Testing and contact tracing help to contain disease. The County of Ventura offers free COVID-19 testing at multiple sites for County residents who have the slightest suspicion of having COVID-19 or have had close contact with a person who has tested positive. Testing is also for any resident who has been in a crowded space or for those who serve the public in the course of their work. A resident does not need to have health insurance to get tested. No appointment is necessary.
Symptoms of COVID-19 can include: cough or shortness of breath, fever greater than 100.4 F, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell.
Close contact means: sharing a home, being closer than 6 feet for more than 10 minutes without wearing a mask, having contact with bodily fluids (spit, blood) of the sick person through coughing, sneezing or sharing utensils.
Drive-Up Testing Sites Include (No appointment needed)
Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, CA 93021, Monday-Friday 10 am to 7 pm
Oxnard College, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93033, Friday – Tuesday 10 am to 7 pm
Santa Paula Oil Museum (Beginning October 16),1001 E. Main Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060, Friday-Tuesday from 10 am to 7 pm.
Fillmore Family Medical Group, 828 W. Ventura St., Fillmore 93015, Tuesdays 9 am to 5 pm (No appointment Tuesdays *By appointment Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 805-654-7660.)
Walk-Up Testing Sites Include (No appointment needed)
Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001, Enter at Gate 2, Monday through Friday 9 am to 6 pm. (*A private drive through testing site that charges a fee is also located at the Fairgrounds. Community members are reminded that the County site is walk in and there is no charge for service). The County testing site entrance is nearest to Shoreline Drive nearest to the ocean.
Ojai, Sarzotti Park, 510 Park Road, Ojai, CA 93021, Monday, October 19 and October 26, 12- 5 pm
Ventura County Urgent Care Locations
Appointment required, call the hotline at 805-652-7660 *Sites will close at 4 pm beginning November 1
Oxnard
Las Islas Family Medical Group South, 325 West Channel Islands., Blvd, Oxnard, 93033, Open 7 days/week from 9 am to 5 pm.
Magnolia Family Medical Center, 2240 E. Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, 93036, Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Ventura
Academic Family Medicine Center, 300 Hillmont Ave., Bldg. 340, Ventura, 93003, Monday–Saturday 9am – 4pm
West Ventura Medical Clinic, 133 W. Santa Clara St., Ventura, 93001, Open 7 days/week from 9am – 5pm
Santa Clara Valley
Fillmore Family Medical Group, 828 W. Ventura St., Fillmore, 93015, Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm
East County
Conejo Valley Family Medical Group, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 200 Thousand Oaks, 91360
Open 7 days/week from 9:15am – 4:30pm
Sierra Vista Family Medical Clinic 1227 East Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley, 93065 Monday–Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am – 2pm
State Optumserve Locations (Appointment needed)
Register at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 1-888-634-1123. Hours of operation Monday-Friday 8 am to 8 pm
Thousand Oaks Library, Newbury Park Branch, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320
Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA 93030
The County also offers pop-up testing at various locations. Please stay informed at www.venturacountyrecovers.org. For questions please call 805-654-2640.
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