With COVID-19 tests in high demand, people lined up at 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning at a mobile testing site in Port Richmond, which is two hours before testing began. alecia__reid reports.
the test is considered to beAlso, there are no out-of-pocket costs. You don’t need to make an appointment. It’s first-come, first-served. You register when you get to the front of the line, and you administer your own test.People at the site are getting swabbed for different reasons, whether it’s because someone tested positive in their family or they’re making sure everything is fine after a large Christmas gathering, the list goes on.
“Real bad cough and then at night she has the chills and shakes,” Alexis Lloyd, of Northeast Philadelphia, said. “Last night I had to pick her up real fast. She almost threw up in her sleep.” “People still go out and party,” Jeremy Aviles, who is also from Northeast Philadelphia, said. “To each his own but when you’re around other people you need to be cautious, didn’t think this many people would have to get tested.”
As a precaution, people are walking away with instructions to stay away from other people, wipe down surfaces and eat at different parts of the house until they receive results.Eyewitness News reporters Howard Monroe and Alecia Reid contributed to this story.
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