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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.

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People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square, New York. Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle. Now it's a hot spot, confronting a dizzying spike in cases.
People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square, New York. Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle. Now it's a hot spot, confronting a dizzying spike in cases. ((AP Photo/Seth Wenig))

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:

People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A woman gets tested for COVID-19 in Times Square. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wait on line to get tested for COVID-19 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

A line of people swings around the block as they wait to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Outside view of a City MD in the Lower East Side in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
People wait on line to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
People check their rapid COVID-19 test results outside of a testing site on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.

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