New York state opened its first drive-through coronavirus test site on Friday, f...
NEW YORK/SEATTLE - New York state opened its first drive-through coronavirus test site on Friday, following a similar experiment in Seattle. Other places are set to do the same, improving availability of tests while keeping people in cars to avoid spreading the virus.
“This is a very creative way of testing,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told a news conference on Friday in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City that has one of the biggest cluster of coronavirus cases in the United States. To date, the virus has killed at least 47 Americans and infected nearly 1,700, with many more expected.
“We’ve been asked to make portions of our parking lot available in select locations in the beginning and scaling over time as supply increases, so that people can experience the drive-through experience that the president described,” Doug McMillon, chief executive of Walmart, said at the White House event.The University of Washington in Seattle has been running a drive-through testing center at a parking garage for the past week.
“There’s really pretty minimal interaction with the patient until you get to the testing step. So it’s really not until you roll down the window and then swab them,” said Dr Seth Cohen, medical director of infection prevention and employee health at the University of Washington.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New York governor announces first public drive-through coronavirus testing facility on East CoastThe novel coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, with more than 124,500 cases globally and over 4,600 deaths. Follow here for the latest.
Read more »
New York Federal Prosecutors File New Charges Against R. KellyIn a superseding indictment filed Friday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn levied nine charges against the R&B singer, including racketeering and sexual trafficking.
Read more »
New York Soon to Be Able to Churn Out 5,000 Coronavirus Tests DailyA private laboratory in New York soon will be able to perform 5,000 tests a day of the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Read more »
FDA works to speed coronavirus tests with Roche, New York approvalsPharmaceutical giant Roche gets emergency approval from U.S. authorities for a faster coronavirus test
Read more »