Drive-through centers have been opening around the country in an attempt to provide quicker and safer testing to people as state and local officials grapple with a shortage of coronavirus tests in the U.S.
A new drive-through mobile testing site is opening on Monday in the Northeast Bronx, New York officials announced on Sunday.
Police inspector Rajesh Babu wearing coronavirus-themed helmet speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai on March 28, 2020.A new drive-through mobile testing site is opening on Monday in the Northeast Bronx in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus, New York officials announced on Sunday.
"Our main strategy to slow the spread of this virus has been to increase testing and reduce density in every community across the state," Cuomo said in a statement. The mobile testing center will be located in the parking lot of the Bay Plaza AMC Theater at 2210 Bartow Ave and will prioritize testing for higher risk individuals. The site is near the largest public housing complex in the country that houses many older adults who are generally more susceptible to severe illness from the virus.
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