Fast and free COVID-19 tests at these New York and New Jersey airports – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• Tri-State area airports, among other major transit hubs, have free rapid tests available to travelers.
• City rapid tests are available Monday through Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm, at LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport. (Tryouts will be closed on Thanksgiving.)
• Other rapid test locations throughout the city include Times Square and the Station Island Ferry Terminal. And across the Hudson River, Newark Airport has test options at Terminals B and C.

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NEW YORK – Millions of commuters will take to the roads, rails and skies this week for Thanksgiving, many of whom will leave the tri-state area for the November vacation for the first time in two years thanks to vaccines. COVID-19.

Despite widely accessible vaccines and their recently approved booster doses, concerns of a spike in winter cases are causing health officials to sound the first alarm bells for Americans.

The worst increase in cases in the country followed last year’s holiday season, peaking at more than 250,000 a day on January 11, according to CNBC. Reported deaths also peaked in early 2021 of about 3,400 per day.

Virus testing remains a key asset in the fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. Tri-State area airports, among other major transit hubs, have free rapid tests available to travelers.

City rapid tests are available Monday through Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm, at LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport. (Tryouts will be closed on Thanksgiving.) The tests at LaGuardia are located in the parking lot of Terminal B, and next to the Airtrain Station of Terminal 5 at JFK Airport.

Other rapid test locations throughout the city include Times Square and the Station Island Ferry Terminal. And across the Hudson River, Newark Airport has test options at Terminals B and C.

On average, more than 6,000 people a day test positive for COVID-19 in New York, rates that were last seen in the spring. The number of New Yorkers out of 100,000 residents who test positive has increased 57% compared to the previous two weeks.

Hospitalizations are on the rise again, as are deaths, just like a year ago, albeit at a much lower level thanks to vaccines. As of Sunday, the state said 78% of all New Yorkers age 18 and older were fully vaccinated, and 66% of all residents when children are included.

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