Posted on: September 17, 2020 06:30 PM

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NYC opens its own coronavirus lab for test results

The new location for coronavirus test results opened in NYC by the city itself at Alexandria Center for Life Science in Manhattan. The result can reach up to 20,000 per day by November. The 150 new workers are all appointed by the city's health dept. NYC mayor stated, ?With New York City?s infection rate and hospitalizations at their lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic, we know that our strategy of widespread testing and tracing is working. The PRL will build on our city?s reputation as a world leader in making testing available to everyone.?

The city stated 80% of reports can be retrieved in 72 hours. The new lab will also serve NYC Health + Hospitals and will use technology licensed from NYU Langone Health and Opentrons, a Brooklyn-based robotics company, the release states.

The mayor hopes this will solve dependency from private testing centers such as UrgentCare.