A COVID-19 testing site in Northeast Philadelphia was forced to turn people away after hitting capacity on Tuesday. alecia__reid reports.
you’re planning to get a post-holiday COVID-19 test, clear your schedule. Because demand is so high and supply is short, the testing site on Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia had to turn people away on Tuesday.READ MORE:
There’s also a line of cars waiting to get into a testing site in Gloucester County. They’re administering free PCR and rapid testing for whoever wants one.There’s no appointment necessary. It’s first come first serve, so people arrived early hoping to get tested. Dr. Cheryl Bettigole from the Philadelphia Health Department says there are more people testing positive for COVID now than they’ve seen in the last two years. And that hospitals are packed with people experiencing COVID symptoms.She says it’s critical for those who are not fully vaccinated or boosted to take extra precautions by masking up and staying away from indoor gatherings.
Bettigole says the number of positive cases is skyrocketing, with numbers as much as twice what they were last year and mirroring numbers from May 2020.“We can only accept 125 people because of the amount of cases that have been increasing,” Jose Gandulla, of Oak Street Health, said. “We reached our capacity before it even started and simply for logistical reasons that we cannot step beyond that number because these tests do have to go to a lab.
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