Mayor Bill de Blasio Defeats The Corona Virus Impacted By Low Income Neighborhoods
New York Citywide News - Photo Release - Jacob Javits Center FEMA CoronaVirus Response (Financial) TEST AND TRACE: MAYOR DE BLASIO OUTLINES PLAN TO DEFEAT COVID-19 IN NEW YORK CITY Builds on City’s commitment to drastically expand testing capacity in hardest hit neighborhoods NEW YORK —To contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Mayor de Blasio today announced a comprehensive “Test and Trace” strategy to reduce COVID-19 infections citywide. “To defeat this virus, we need to test and trace every last case,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “That’s why we are drastically expanding our testing capacity and exercising every last option to get the quantity of testing we need.” Test and Trace To test as many people as possible, the City will set up sites in communities across the five boroughs to collect specimens and test them for COVID-19. These sites will operate outside of traditional clinic and hospital settings to minimize the burden on ...