Long lines are overwhelming coronavirus testing sites across the U.S. amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, with available appointments at pharmacies becoming difficult to find.
New York, December 29 (RHC)-- Long lines are overwhelming coronavirus testing sites across the U.S. amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, with available appointments at pharmacies becoming difficult to find.
“It’s crazy because online they have no available dates at CVS, Rite-Aid (pharmacies) — I can’t even go to my neighborhood drugstore,” Midgalia Dancel, who had been looking to get tested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, told local TV station WPVI. Dancel said she stopped by a city-run mobile site in the Rhawnhurst neighbourhood of Philadelphia on Tuesday, but she was unable to get a test.
U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to boost testing capacity in the country to combat the Omicron-driven wave of infections, including the distribution of 500 million at-home tests starting next month.
