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Free Antibody Tests Will Be Offered This Week In Suffolk County

Northwell Health is giving out free coronavirus antibody tests this week at four Suffolk locations.

A patient gets blood drawn at Northwell.
A patient gets blood drawn at Northwell. (Lee S. Weissman/ Northwell Health)

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY—COVID-19 antibody tests will be free this week in Suffolk County. Northwell Health is offering the tests, which are blood draws to look for evidence of past coronavirus infection, at four Suffolk locations and two in Queens.

The tests will be offered at churches in Bellport, Huntington Station, Greenport and Bay Shore in a joint effort with Gov. Cuomo, the state Department of Health and local pastors to bring the tests to underserved communities. The program has run since May and has tested 40,000 people so far.

Residents should call 833-422-7369 (833-4 CARE NY) to make an appointment. The testing will run 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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The locations are:

Queens

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Muslim American Society at Ibn Sina Center, 46-01 20th Avenue, Ditmars Steinway

Amity Baptist Church, 164-18 108th Avenue, Jamaica

Suffolk

St. Agnes Parish, 53 Front Street, Greenport

New Bethel First Pentecostal Church, 455 Station Road, Bellport

First Baptist Church, 175 Second Avenue, Bay Shore

St. Hugh of Lincoln Roman Catholic Church, 21 E 9th Street, Huntington Station

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