Seasonal & Holidays
PHOTOS: Record Crowds Seek COVID Tests As Omicron Slams NYC
Long lines were seen across the city as 170,000 people sought COVID-19 tests.

NEW YORK CITY - In just a couple weeks, New York City has gone from seeing relatively few COVID-19 cases to being a national infection hot spot. The omicron variant has swept through the city right before the holidays, prompting record lines as 170,000 New Yorkers line up to get tested.
See below for photos of the testing sites as the city scrambles to meet need:










The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.
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