New testing sites open on Long Island

New testing sites open on Long Island

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2020, file photo, English language arts teacher Frank Esposito submits to a COVID-19 nasal swab test at West Brooklyn Community High School in New York. New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Several new COVID-19 testing sites are opening on Long Island this week

Beginning Tuesday, Northwell Health will operate a drive-thru testing sites at Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn and Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.

Community testing sites are also going up at the former Babies R Us in Bohemia and at 1 Marcus Ave. in New Hyde Park.

On Wednesday, New York state-run testing sites will open in Hauppauge and Hempstead.

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)