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COVID-19 TESTING Where To Get A Test For COVID-19 Students or staff who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 or are concerned that they may have been exposed to the virus will be referred to their primary healthcare provide or local clinic/urgent care center for testing. New York offers multiple test sites throughout the state. Testing is free and available to all eligible New Yorkers statewide as ordered by a health care provider or by calling the NYS COVID-19 hotline at 1-888-364-3065. Individuals who might prefer test sites operated by the local government or private companies (including pharmacies, medical practices, or not-for-profit organizations) are advised to contact the testing site and check with their insurance carrier in advance to confirm they will not be responsible for any fees associated with a test1. Your local health department is your community contact for COVID19 concerns2. We encourage you to visit the NYS website for further information. 1 https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing 2 https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing Additional Information Free, walk-in testing is also available at the following NYC Health + Hospital Locations3: NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Belvis NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania 545 East 142nd Street 1225 Gerard Avenue Bronx, New York 10454 Bronx, New York 10452 844-NYC-4NYC 844-NYC-4NYC COVID-19 Testing Offered Here COVID-19 Testing Offered Here Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Antibody Testing Offered Here Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Antibody Testing Offered Here Sunday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. No appointments necessary Saturday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. No appointments necessary NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi 234 East 149th Street 1400 Pelham Parkway South Bronx, New York 10451 Bronx, New York 10461 718-579-5000 718-918-5000 Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Antibody Testing Offered Here Antibody Testing Offered Here No appointments necessary NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Bathgate Contract Postal Station 3424 Kossuth Avenue 4006 3rd Avenue Bronx, New York 10467 Bronx, NY 19457 Appointments: 844-692-4692 Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. General Information: 718-918-5700 Edward Grant Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 1302 Edward L Grant Highway Antibody Testing Offered Here Bronx, NY 10452 No appointments necessary Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. No appointments necessary Rain Boston Road Senior Center St James Rec Center 2424 Boston Road 2530 Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10467 Bronx, NY 10468 Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. No appointments necessary No appointments necessary Co-op City Retail Space 105 Dreiser Loop Bronx, NY 10475 Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. No appointments necessary 3 https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/covid-19-testing-sites/ Mobile Test Sites Mobile testing units will be visiting various locations throughout the five boroughs. The following list is effective for the week of August 10th through the 14th. To find the latest list of mobile unit sites, click here4: For the week of August 10-14, mobile units will be available: • Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. • Note: Availability is subject to change due to inclement weather. Edenwald Community Center Throggs Neck Senior Center 1150 E 229th Street 680 Balcom Avenue Bronx, NY 10466 Bronx, NY 10465 Kings Church of Christ (Brownsville) Sunset Park 361 Rockaway Avenue Corner of 44th Street and 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11212 Brooklyn, NY 11220 Islamic Cultural Center Jefferson Houses 222 East 97th Street 2205 1st Avenue New York, NY 10128 New York, NY 10029 Queens Public Library at Flushing Seventh Day Adventist Community Service 41-17 Main Street Complex Flushing, NY 11355 41-26 58th Street Queens, NY 11377 South Beach 160 Lamport Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10305 To find a testing site near you, type your zip code into the below. Notice: • The below map is provided and maintained by Castlight: COVID-19 Resource Center. • Not all testing sites listed are affiliated with the NYC Test & Trace Corps, and some may charge for testing. • Call the testing site before you go. 4 https://www1.nyc.gov/site/coronavirus/get-tested/covid-19-testing.page How to Isolate or Quarantine: Test Results COVID-19 Testing You will be contacted with your results. Stay home, except to visit a doctor. If you test positive on a diagnostic test Next Steps for the virus, you must continue isolation. If you must see a doctor, You will get a call from a public health representative to identify any contacts you You are being tested for a virus that causes COVID-19. If you have symptoms call ahead and avoid using public transport such as have had. of the disease, or if you have been in contact with someone who is infected, subways, buses, taxis. If you test negative, but you have been in you will be asked to stay apart from others. This is also called isolation or close contact with a person known to have quarantine. COVID-19 spreads easily. Staying apart helps stop the disease been infected, you must still continue Don’t have visitors. from spreading. quarantine until 14 days have passed from your last contact with a person known to Separate yourself in a room that have COVID-19. Even though you may feel Symptoms Include: If You are an is not shared with others. Stay at well now, you are at risk of getting the Fever, cough, diculty breathing Essential Worker: least 6 feet away from others at disease and you may get sick. It can take all times. up to 14 days to get the disease. You can ONLY return to work while you wait for your test results if: Use a separate bathroom, Your local health department can help you • You have your employer’s permission to if possible, and disinfect after determine when it is safe to stop isolation do so. each use. or quarantine. Find them at Other symptoms may include: chills, www.nysacho.org/directory • You DO NOT have symptoms. muscle aches, headache, sore throat, Arrange for food, medicine, • And you have NOT had contact with a Learn more at abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, runny and other supplies to be left person known to have COVID-19. https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home nose, fatigue, wheezing, or new loss of at your door. taste or smell. In addition, you must continue to: Cover your coughs and Support and Job Assistance • Practice social distancing (stay more than sneezes. Throw away used You Should Be Isolated If: 6 feet from others). tissues. Bag your trash and Any New Yorker under a mandatory or leave outside your door. precautionary order to stay home may be • You have symptoms and think you may • Use appropriate personal protective eligible for job-protected sick leave and have been infected with the virus. equipment (PPE). compensation. Learn more at • Wear a mask when less than 6 feet away Don’t touch pets. from others in public. https:///coronavirus.health.ny.gov/know-your-rights You Should Be Quarantined If: • Take your temperature and monitor your If you need help caring for yourself or your • You have been in close contact with symptoms daily. children while in isolation or quarantine, Arrange for others to care for someone known to have COVID-19, even call your local health department. Find your children, if possible. if you don’t have symptoms. Close them at www.nysacho.org/directory contact means sharing the same household, direct physical contact, or being within six feet for more than Wear a face mask if you must 10 minutes. be around others. See back for more information. Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds each time, or if unavailable, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. L 13112 https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home 5/20 Over How to Isolate or Quarantine: Test Results You will be contacted with your results. Stay home, except to visit a doctor. If you test positive on a diagnostic test for the virus, you must continue isolation. If you must see a doctor, You will get a call from a public health call ahead and avoid using representative to identify any contacts you public transport such as have had. subways, buses, taxis. If you test negative, but you have been in close contact with a person known to have been infected, you must still continue Don’t have visitors. quarantine until 14 days have passed from your last contact with a person known to Separate yourself in a room that have COVID-19. Even though you may feel If You are an is not shared with others. Stay at well now, you are at risk of getting the Essential Worker: least 6 feet away from others at disease and you may get sick. It can take all times. up to 14 days to get the disease. You can ONLY return to work while you wait for your test results if: Use a separate bathroom, Your local health department can help you • You have your employer’s permission to if possible, and disinfect after determine when it is safe to stop isolation do so.