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CityMD on Tuesday implemented virtual lines at select locations to help people avoid wasting hours for a quick COVID-19 test. Visitors will still need to go to the front desk of their local CityMD and provide their names and phone numbers, but then they will notified through text message when it’s their turn to come back for the test....

Places like CityMD said that long lines are now the norm as COVID rates continue to climb throughout the region. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Hour-long lines of eager New Yorkers awaiting coronavirus tests have once again populated the landscape of the city as infections rise and concerns of spread linger through each borough. Despite this demand, CityMD on Friday announced a dramatic change in hours. All CityMD locations will close 90 minutes earlier starting Monday, Nov. 16, the company announced in a statement, citing…

Mayor Bill de Blasio told parents Friday to “have a plan as early as Monday” in the event that the citywide rolling positivity rate hits the school shutdown threshold over the weekend. As of Friday, the rate had climbed to 2.83 percent, just below the 3 percent mark to move all-remote for a period of time. Tracie Strahan reports.