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Long Lines Form At New Woodside COVID-19 Rapid Testing Site

Western Queens residents are forming lines outside a new rapid COVID-19 testing site in Woodside.

The new, walk-in rapid testing site at 51-30 Northern Boulevard (in the former Sports Authority parking lot,) will offer rapid antigen tests, in addition to the PCR tests currently administered there, NYC Health & Hospitals spokesperson Christopher Miller said. The public can decide which test they wat to take, according to Miller.

The antigen tests offer results within 15 minutes and are likelier to miss an active COVID-19 infection than the molecular PCR tests, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The new site is capable of testing hundreds of people each day, seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Contact tracers and so-called “resource navigators” will be available to assist all those who test positive, authorities said.

 

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