More than 5,000 New York pharmacies to give coronavirus tests in bid to screen 40,000 people daily
New York is conducting more tests per capita than anywhere else in the world at roughly 20,000 antibody and diagnostic tests each day.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his a press briefing about the coronavirus crisis on April 17, 2020 in Albany, New York.announced Saturday that the state is expanding diagnostic coronavirus testing to first responders, health care workers and essential employees and aims to provide tests to 40,000 people each day.
New York is conducting more tests per capita than anywhere else in the world at roughly 20,000 antibody and diagnostic tests each day. The state is averaging about 6,000 new virus cases every day. The state is conducting antibody testing for frontline health-care workers at four New York City hospitals: Bellevue Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, Montefiore and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences. Transit workers and state and city police will also receive testing next week.
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