Health & Fitness
East Harlem Gets New Coronavirus Self-Testing Site
The new site will be open through Thursday at the NYCHA Lehman Village Houses, letting residents test themselves for COVID-19.
EAST HARLEM, NY — A new coronavirus testing site opened Monday at an East Harlem housing complex, giving residents the ability to test themselves for COVID-19, the city announced.
The Health + Hospitals testing site opened Monday morning at NYCHA's Lehman Village Houses, at 70 East 108th St. between Madison and Park avenues.
It will be open through Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. At the self-testing sites, residents are given their own test kits to administer the nose swabs themselves.
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Other city-run COVID-19 testing sites remain open around Harlem and can be found at the Health + Hospitals website.
New: @NYCHealthSystem has update locations & hours for covid testing for the week ahead.
This is a critical week for testing. But remember: a negative result does *not* mean you aren't contagious. You still need to take precautions. pic.twitter.com/OEZBTG04La
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 4, 2021
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