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News12: NYC health centers offering services to those suffering from Long-COVD
The CITY: How to Get Help for Long COVID in NYC
NY Times: It’s Time for New Yorkers to Mask Up Again, Mayor Adams Says
CBS News: Health officials urge New Yorkers to stay up-to-date with vaccinations
NY1: Mayor, health officials remind New Yorkers to stay healthy this holiday season
ABC7: NYC Mayor Eric Adams encourages holiday health precautions, announces new tools to fight tripledemic
NY Post: Mayor Eric Adams urges New Yorkers to mask up amid surge in COVID, flu and RSV
NY Daily News: Mayor Adams, health officials urge caution over holidays as COVID, RSV, flu viruses spread
City & State: How is New York City fighting COVID-19 now?
Univision: Creating COVID-19 Centers of Excellence
Gothamist: NYC runs 3 long COVID care centers, but many New Yorkers remain unaware
The CITY: Long COVID Symptoms Most Common Among Latinos and Residents of The Bronx
NY1: What to do if you have long COVID-19
NY1: Health official discusses the city’s mobile Test to Treat program
News12: New York City introduces antiviral prescriptions at COVID-19 test sites
Harlem World Magazine: NYC Test & Treat Corps’ Mobile “Test To Treat” Program Immediately Provides Paxlovid To Over 1,000 New Yorkers
NBC4: Test & Treat? NYC Test & Trace Corps Get Rebrand for COVID Treatment Push
Amsterdam News: Need for speed: City’s rapid testing vans look to outpace slow-and-steady PCR sites
NY1: NYC Parks sites to distribute COVID at-home test kits as cases rise
New York Daily News: NYC sends tests to pools, establishes treatment line as COVID roars
Harlem World Magazine: Mayor Adams Further Expands City’s Network Of At-Home Test Distribution Sites To NYC Parks
Brooklyn Paper: City to take new approach to COVID-19 testing and treatment, focus on mobile sites
CBS2: Health officials urge New Yorkers to wear masks again and visit Test to Treat clinics as COVID cases rise
FOX5, Good Day NY: Dr. Ted Long on the Test to Treat Mobile Program and Resources for Long COVID Patients
New York City Launches First-In-the-Nation Mobile “Test to Treat” Program
- NY Times: New York City Will Offer Paxlovid at Mobile Testing Sites, a First in the U.S.
- CBS News: Paxlovid will be now offered at certain mobile COVID testing units in New York City
- Politico: NYC launches first-in-the nation mobile ‘Test to Treat’ program
- Bloomberg: NYC to Offer Pfizer’s Covid Drug at Mobile Test-to-Treat Sites
- NY1: NYC rolling out mobile units with ‘instant access’ to COVID-19 meds
- ABC7: NYC ‘Test to Treat’ unit improves access to COVID antiviral Paxlovid
- New York Daily News: NYC to issue Paxlovid to those testing positive for COVID in first program of its kind
- News12: Mayor Adams announces mobile ‘test-to-treat’ program in NYC
- AM NY: Mayor Adams launches first mobile COVID test and treat program
- Axios: NYC to offer COVID medication Paxlovid at mobile testing sites
- Huffington Post: New York City To Offer Paxlovid For Free At Mobile COVID-19 Testing Centers
- Becker’s Hospital Review: NYC to skirt pharmacies, hand out Paxlovid prescriptions at mobile test-to-treat sites
- Medical Xpress: NYC first to offer Paxlovid at COVID testing sites
WNYC/Gothamist: As NYC enters coronavirus plateau, health officials push for extension of Long COVID services
Gothamist: A tour with NYC contact tracers, as the landmark health program ends
NBC4: NYC Tackles Long COVID with Three New ‘Centers of Excellence’
CBS News: COVID cases continue to rise in New York City, risk level expected to rise to “medium” this week
Staten Island Advance: These 4 NYC churches will be giving away at-home COVID tests on Easter Sunday
NBC4: COVID Protocol NYC: Eric Adams Working Remotely After Positive Test
Telemundo: Mayor Adams points out that a slight rebound in COVID infections does not mean a return to 2020
NBC: NYC Test & Trace Winding Down Contact Tracing Program
New York Daily News: A heartfelt goodbye to the Test & Trace Corps: They were empathy warriors
Gothamist/WNYC: These COVID testers have swabbed 150,000 noses in NYC since pandemic began
Crains: Test & Trace Outlines Sunset Plan for Contact Tracing
NY Times: N.Y.C. will soon end its main contact-tracing program for the coronavirus
NBC: NYC Sets End Date for Universal COVID Contact Tracing: What to Know
AP: NYC to wind down most coronavirus contact tracing
Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s First Comprehensive COVID Clinic Opens in Bushwick
News 12: Mayor Adams, health officials open new COVID-19 Center of Excellence in Brooklyn
NY1 Noticias:Inauguran ‘Centro de Excelencia’ médica en Brooklyn -para casos prolongados de Covid
PIX11: Cultural sites, libraries partner with city to distribute COVID-19 tests
NY Times: N.Y.C. is offering free home delivery of Covid antiviral pills, though supply is limited
ABC7: NYC to offer free, at-home delivery of COVID antiviral pills
CBS: New York City To Deliver COVID Antiviral Pills To Eligible Residents Free Of Charge, Adams Says
Harlem World Magazine: Hip, Hip Hooray, Over One Million Tests Performed by City-Run Testing Site in Response to Omicron Surge
News12: NYC Test & Trace Partners with Houses of Worship to Open More Testing, Vaccination Sites
Crains: With Covid test turnaround times tripling, clinics and labs try to mitigate crisis
Brooklyn Paper: City Begins At-Home Test Distribution as Omicron Surges
NY1: NYC to open additional COVID-19 testing sites
Staten Island Advance: City to distribute 2K test kits at S.I. Ferry terminal on Christmas Eve, as test sites’ holiday hours take effect
amNY: NYC public hospitals suspend almost all visitations, expand testing hours, as Omicron rampage continues
PIX11: Test and Trace chief on long lines at testing sites, how to get at-home COVID tests
PIX11: NYC vaccine mandate for private sector workers announced; Key to NYC to include kids 5 to 11
AP News: Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
WNYC/Gothamist: Heard the Call to Help: Director of NYC Test & Trace On Identifying 1 Million Close Contacts
NYU I AM GPH Podcast: New York City’s COVID-19 Journey with Dr. Ted Long
Associated Press: Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
BronxNet TV: Street Health Outreach and Wellness Program (Interview with Dr. Amanda Johnson)
News12: City’s vaccine referral bonus program provides funds to schools
NY Daily News: NYC mobile COVID testing fleet to double to prevent holiday surge
NY Times: N.Y.C. public schools open vaccination sites for 5- to 11-year-olds
The New Yorker: “It Just Hurts A Little Bit, And It Helps You”: New York City Kids On Getting Vaxxed
NY Daily News: NYC kids ages 5-11 eligible for $100 bonus to get COVID vaccine: ‘It buys a whole lot of candy’
NY1: Students get vaccinated at pop-up sites in school buildings
CBS2: NYC Launches COVID Vaccine Pop-Ups For Kids 5-11 At City Schools
NBC4: NYC Kicks Off Huge Kids’ COVID Vaccine Drive — With New Paid Leave Option for Parents
News12: Mobile vaccine site administers vaccine for kids in the Bronx
CBS2: Children Ages 5 To 11 Start Getting Vaccinated At New York City-Run Sites
News12: Test & Trace Corps brings health care to those most in need through NYC outreach program
CBS2: Street Teams Canvas Neighborhoods To Bring Medical Care To Vulnerable New Yorkers
NBC4: Barbershops and Beauty Salons Hold Vaccine Day of Action
News12: City barbershops offers COVID-19 vaccine along with haircuts to residents
NY Times: ‘A Safe Space’: Black Pastors Promote Vaccinations from the Pulpit
City & State: The Suite Life of a COVID-19 Patient
Reuters: Vax van seeks to avert super-spreader event at U.N. summit
NY Daily News Op-Ed: Testing and Tracing Our Way to Saved Lives
ABC7: Day of Action: Mobile COVID-19 vaccine sites at 26 restaurants across NYC
News12: Restaurants team up with NYC Test and Trace Corp. to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations
Univision: Day of Action: These are the restaurants that host vaccination centers in NYC
News12: Vaccination program offers at-home shots for greater accessibility
News12: New Yorkers can be vaccinated from their own couch with the citywide at-home vaccination program
News12: Flatbush theater hosts vaccine van, with no appointment needed
CBS2: NYC Hospitals Team Up With Blink Fitness for Mobile Vaccine Sites
News12: Blink Fitness partners with the city to increase COVID-19 vaccinations
Crain’s New York Business: A Year After Its Launch, Test & Trace Chief Reflects on the Agency’s Efforts
ABC News: Why experts say COVID-19 contact tracing may be more valuable than ever
Urdu News: COVID-19 resources available to the Pakistani community of NYC, interview with Syed Ali
Telemundo 47: ¿Qué deben saber los padres sobre la vacuna en menores en Nueva York? (What should parents know about vaccinating minors in New York?)
The South Asian Times: Hailing NYC for most effective contact tracing for COVID in the US
Weekly Bangalee: বাড়িতে গিয়ে কোভিড টেস্ট (At-home COVID tests)
VAX LIVE by Global Citizen: Gayle King Visits Frontline Workers at Citi Field
NBC New York: NYC Schools Have Administered 1 Million COVID-19 Tests
World Journal: 法拉盛增3新冠檢測站 3天知結果(Flushing adds 3 COVID-19 testing sites with results in 3 days)
CBS Evening News: More than 100k doses given at Citi Field vaccination site
WPIX11: How NYC’s Test and Trace Corps is working to get more people vaccinated
Gothamist: Health Minibuses Roll Out To Vaccinate Homeless New Yorkers
Marketplace: Is the American disability system prepared for long COVID-19?
Gothamist: NYC Launches Care Program For ‘Long Haul’ COVID Patients
Voice of America: Distribuyen vacunas en autobuses en NY (Vaccines are administered on buses in NY)
Queens Chronicle: Queens native in Test & Trace Corps says vaccinations remain important
Staten Island Advance: Borough’s two hospitals offer help for chronic COVID-19 cases through NYC Aftercare program
NBC New York: NYC Launches Aftercare Program to Help COVID-19 Long Haulers
NY1: Vaccination bus rolls out in Brooklyn Today
News 12 Brooklyn: New aftercare program connects patients suffering long-term COVID-19 symptoms to proper resources
NY1 Noticias: Centros de vacunación móviles recorren las calles de Nueva York (Mobile vaccination buses roam the streets of New York)
Sing Tao Daily: 市府流動疫苗車首站日落公園增加75歲以上老人無預約站點(City launches first mobile vaccine bus in Sunset Park) (Link no longer exists)
World Journal: 病後全面護理助新冠患者康復(City launches AfterCare program to help COVID long haulers recover)
News 12 Brooklyn: New Yorkers working with NYC Test & Trace Corps stock up on PPE at Atlantic Center Mall
New York Post: What I learned as a COVID-19 contact tracer in NYC
NBC Today Show: Vaccinated Americans rejoice as they get their shots
BronxNet: Test & Trace Corps Representative Dr. Amanda Johnson discusses current state of COVID testing
NY1: De Blasio Tours Citi Field Vaccine Site to Support DC-37 Union Members
News 12 Bronx: Citywide outreach effort aims to beef up COVID-19 testing, vaccine appointments
NBC New York: No Appointment? No Problem! These NYC Mass Vaccine Sites Now Allow (Some) Walk-ins
AP News: As contact tracing ebbs in parts of US, NYC stays committed
Good Morning America: Officials target vaccine hesitancy as rollout expands
News 12 Bronx: Head of NYC Test & Trace Corps reflects on progress, looks at road ahead
The Wall Street Journal: New York City Invests in Rapid Covid-19 Test to Aid Economic Recovery
The New York Times: The Pandemic Needs Its Smokey Bear
amNewYork: De Blasio talks about future of NYC quarantine hotels program
NBC New York: Citi Field Opens as Vaccination Site
ABC World News Tonight: New evidence that ‘double-masking’ may be better at protecting against COVID-19
Good Morning America: CDC changes quarantine rules for fully vaccinated people
Harlem Community News: From Captain America to Contact Tracing: My Journey with the NYC Test & Trace Corps
Weekly Bangalee: Test & Trace Corps served 11,551 guests in free hotels (টেস্ট অ্যান্ড ট্রেস কর্পস কর্মসূচিতে ১১,৫৫১ জন বিনামূল্যে হোটেলে থেকেছেন)
Patch New York: 11K NYers Self-Isolated In Hotels Under City Coronavirus Program
Queens Daily Eagle: Queens performer stars in NYC Test and Trace Corps online COVID series
Conde Nast Traveler: What It’s Like to Quarantine in a Free New York City Hotel Room
Gothamist: NYC’s First 24/7 Vaccine Sites Open In The Bronx And Brooklyn, Three More On The Way
NY1: A TikTok Showing What It’s Like in a Quarantine Hotel Goes Viral
BronxNet: Representatives of Test & Trace and NYC Health + Hospitals Discuss COVID testing, Tracing, and Quarantine Process
Crain’s New York: NYC Test & Trace Corps Executive Director: Even With Vaccines, We Can’t Let Our Guard Down
TBN24: Community Engagement Specialist Muzaffar Ahmed shares Test & Trace Corps resources (কমিউনিটি এনগেজমেন্ট বিশেষজ্ঞ মোজাফফর আহমেদ জানান কী কী রিসোর্স দিচ্ছে টেস্ট অ্যান্ড ট্রেস কর্পস)
Voice of America: COVID-19 Additional COVID-19 vaccination sites open in New York (В Нью-Йорке начали работать дополнительные пункты вакцинации от COVID-19)
Weekly Bangalee: The story of a Bangladeshi frontline hero: Tracer Maisa Alam conducts home visits to provide services (বাংলাদেশী এক ফ্রন্টলাইন হিরোর গল্প: ট্রেসার মাইশা আলম ঘরে ঘরে গিয়ে সেবা দিচ্ছেন)
News 8 Rochester: Model behavior: How NYC reduced viral spread and how it could be applied here
RTVI: Dr. Andrew Wallach discusses COVID-19 vaccination in NYC on RTVi (Доктор Эндрю Уоллок рассказывает о вакцинации против коронавируса в Нью-Йорке на RTVi)
Univision: “En Nueva York las puertas están abiertas, sin importar su estatus migratorio”: encargados de vacunas contra el covid-19 (In New York, the doors are open, regardless of your immigration status “: Covid-19 vaccine)
Amsterdam News: City focuses on ‘round-the-clock vaccine effort
RTVI: On Duty in New York with Denis Cheredov: New Year’s Special Edition (Дежурный по Нью-Йорку с Денисом Чередовым / Новогодний выпуск)
The Wall Street Journal – New York City Covid-19 Contact Tracers Brace for Long Winter
News 12 Brooklyn – Dr. Ted Long Discusses New Testing Sites Across the City
WPIX-11 – Controlling the spread of COVID-19 in NYC with the Test and Trace Corps
See You Now Podcast – Episode 36: Contact Tracing at Scale
WPIX-11 – NYC creates website to monitor lines at testing sites, making the system more efficient
Weekly Bangalee – Safely separate at home or at a free hotel (বাড়িতে বা হোটেলে থাকা খাওয়া চিকিৎসা ফ্রি)
Haitian Times – Creole Speakers Needed To Help Stop COVID-19 Surge In Haitian Neighborhoods
The New Yorker – The Pandemic’s Winter Surge is Here
Washington Post – New York’s Block-by-block Lockdowns are Curbing Covid-19
Forbes – New York’s LaGuardia Airport Is Now Offering Free COVID-19 Testing
NBC New York – NYC Debuts At-Home COVID Test Kits as Part of Care Packages — Here’s How They Work
Telemundo – New York Hotel Works to Separate Patients with COVID-19 (Así funciona este hotel de Nueva York que aísla a pacientes con COVID-19)
WABC – Test & Trace Corps Records its Strongest Performance Since June
Canarsie Courier – NYC Test & Trace Corps Partners With Parcare Community Health Network To Provide Free COVID Testing And Resources For Orthodox Jewish Community
Washington Monthly – How to Get Contact Tracing Right
NY Daily News – >New Yorkers, Get Tested for Coronavirus Today
New York Times – How a COVID-19 Contact Tracer Spends her Sundays
NY1 – NYC’s Test-and-Trace Corps Has Reached Every Positive Case Since It Launched
WABC-TV – Up to 4000 Coronavirus Cases Prevented by NYC Contact Tracers
WPIX-11 – Dr. Ted Long Discusses Test + Trace Corps Efforts and Preventing A Second Wave
Test + Trace Corps Hosts ‘COVID Testing Day-of-Action’
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Mayor’s Briefing – How contact tracing works in NYC

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