As people prepare for their planned gatherings for the holidays,
the Omicron variant continues to spread like wildfire.
New York City officials are take-home rapid tests at locations in each of the five boroughs.
The
Bronx location is in Soundview, at the corner of Morrison and Westchester avenues. The handouts will of the take-home tests will start at 9 a.m.
This
is an effort to combat the testing lines that have been leaving people waiting
for hours at a time. However, each of the locations is only handing out 2,000
tests.
The
giveaway spot in Brooklyn is located at the intersection of 18th
Avenue and 65th Street.
This
comes on the heels of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that five additional
testing sites will be added throughout the city next week, as well as
introducing vaccination sites in Grand Central and Times Square MTA stations
starting next Monday.