What you should know
- The proportion of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in New York City has doubled in three days this week, causing lines to get coronavirus tests long once again.
- Between rapid and PCR tests, in addition to the ongoing effort to vaccinate and reinforce, New Yorkers are back outside, some waiting for hours, to take necessary precautions against the surge in delta and omicron cases.
- To help the wave of New Yorkers heading to get tested, the city has a dashboard with estimated wait times for dozens of locations across the five boroughs.
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NEW YORK – The proportion of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in New York City has doubled in three days this week, causing lines to get tests for coronavirus to be long once again.
With a surge in COVID-19 facing the city with only a week to go before Christmas, the familiar sight of long lines to get a test has returned.
Between rapid and PCR tests, in addition to the ongoing effort to vaccinate and reinforce, New Yorkers are back outside, some waiting for hours, to take necessary precautions against the surge in delta and omicron cases.
To help the wave of New Yorkers heading to get tested, the city has a dashboard with estimated wait times for dozens of locations across the five boroughs.
See wait times for NYC Health + Hospitals COVID-19 testing locations here.
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