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Test points for COVID-19 on drive-thru system earned in New York: where to find them

'23.03.2020'

Source: nbcnewyork.com

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In the state of New York, mobile (drive-thru) coronavirus testing facilities have opened. They are located in New Rochelle and the Nassau, Rockland, and Suffolk counties, as well as in a number of Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens hospitals. True, not everyone can get tested. The publication writes about this in detail. NBC New York.

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Testing Points

In New York State, drive-thru coronavirus testing facilities have appeared. They are an essential part of State Governor Andrew Cuomo's program to test thousands of people a day at COVID-19. The task of such points is to identify patients and keep them from visiting medical institutions, where they can infect others.

Now mobile (drive-thru) points are: in New Rochelle (serving the entire Westchester County), in Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Staten Island.

Specialists examine people selectively, preferring people at the highest risk.

The first facility in New Rochelle was discovered. Currently, over 1 people are tested here.

At the same time, 28 state and private laboratories continue to operate throughout the state, where they also test for the presence of the virus. In addition, New York has contracted with laboratories in other states.

Who can get tested

Until New York’s full testing potential is reached, the Department of Health has issued guidelines that determine who to test first.

If you want to get tested, you need to make an appointment by calling 1-888-364-3065. Here they will tell you if you meet the requirements for passing the test.

First tested for availability COVID-19 can:

  • People who came into direct contact with the patient: for example, were with him in the same office or at the same meeting;
  • People with viral symptoms returning from countries that the CDC has identified as dangerous to visit;
  • Quarantined people with viral symptoms;
  • People who test positive for any other infection
  • Other cases where facts and circumstances require the prescribing doctor to undergo a test, as agreed with the officials of the local health departments.

Testing takes about 15 minutes. At some points, healthcare providers only take samples that are sent for testing elsewhere. In this case, you will receive your results in 2-3 days.

Where to get tested

If your case falls into one of the above categories, you can get tested at the nearest point convenient for you.

10 testing centers are located in city hospitals, there are also seven clinics and four points for testing. Tests are by appointment only and are available to New Yorkers with moderate to severe symptoms.

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It is assumed that each of the 10 hospitals will employ up to 150 people, and the clinics - up to 75. Each of these points can serve 100 people per day.

Hospitals: Bellevue Hospital (Manhattan), Elmhurst Hospital (Queens), Harlem Hospital (Manhattan), Metropolitan Hospital Center (Manhattan), Kings County Hospital (Brooklyn), Lincoln Hospital (Bronx), Queens Hospital Center (Queens) and Woodhall Hospital .

Medical clinics and clinics: Morrisania (Bronx), Belvis (Bronx), Cumberland (Brooklyn), East New York (Brooklyn), Gowener (Manhattan), Sydenham (Manhattan) and Vanderbilt (Staten Island).

Mobile items for testing: Jacobi Hospital (Bronx), Coney Island Hospital (Brooklyn), Queens Hospital Center (Queens), Kings County Hospital (Brooklyn).

Testing Centers

Westchester County: In the center of Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, the first testing center in New York opened. He earned last week in a suburb of New York, where he had previously detected a virus from a lawyer who infected several other people.

Dutchess County: On March 23, the Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill announced the opening of a collection site for research. After sampling, the samples will be tested outside this section, so the results will have to wait.

Nassau County: On March 17, the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center on Jones Beach also began testing people for the virus. You can find these items in the parking lot, focus on white tents.

Suffolk County: On March 18, another mobile testing center was set up at Stony Brook University. Up to a thousand tests a day are conducted here. The item is open 7 days a week from 7am to 19pm.

Rockland / Orange County: Another test site opens in Anthony Wayne State Park near the Palisades motorway, near the border of the two counties.

Olster County: Pre-screened people will be able to provide test samples at a testing site at Tech City in Kingston. Testing of samples will be conducted outside the paragraph, so the results will not be available immediately.

You will learn how the test points on COVID-19 work from this video:

If you nevertheless become infected with a coronavirus, then we recommend reading about what 10 steps you need to take in this case.

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