Where to find free at-home COVID test kits in New York City
ABC News
New York City began distributing free, at-home COVID-19 test kits across the five boroughs Monday.
New York City began distributing free, at-home COVID-19 test kits across the five boroughs Monday.
Tests, made by the company Flowflex, will be available at 27 public library branches and 14 cultural landmarks including the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Staten Island Zoo.
Across the city, there are 13 sites where tests can be picked up in Queens, 10 in Brooklyn, seven in Manhattan, six in the Bronx and five in Staten Island. More sites are expected to be added over the next few weeks.
"Our mission remains to make testing resources accessible for all New Yorkers to safely and confidently manage the pandemic," Dr. Ted Long, Executive Director of the NYC Test & Trace Corps, said in a statement. "Distributing at-home tests at cultural sites and libraries provides familiar, prominent locations for people to pick up the resources they need to know if they have COVID-19 and to return to the beloved destinations that make our city so special."
