New York will begin offering COVID-19 testing at the Times Square subway station and Grand Central Terminal in response to the spike in demand for tests as omicron spreads rapidly across the city and state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.
“Many places are having long lines,” Hochul said during a press briefing in Buffalo. “We’re trying to eradicate that by making [tests] right where people are, right where they commute and go to their offices in New York City.”as vaccination sites in late spring.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, who appeared at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s news conference in person Wednesday to receive the Key to the City, said he had asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide 100 new mobile testing locations. Schumer said he was informed that the agency was sending six mobile units to the city.
On Wednesday, the number of new virus cases in New York state climbed to 28,924, breaking another daily record and marking the sixth day in a row where daily case counts surpassed 20,000. She said the state is working on an online portal where New Yorkers can request one kit delivered to their home.
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