Bronx nabes get more COVID tests
NYC Test & Trace Corps announces partnership with Essen Health Care
BY JASON COHEN
Neighborhoods in the
Bronx will now have increased
access to COVID-19
testing thanks to a new partnership
between the NYC
Test & Trace Corps and
Essen Health Care.
The organizations announced
a partnership Monday,
wherein mobile units
will initially be deployed
in Soundview and Castle
Hill and subsequently
to surrounding areas
where testing sites are less
readily available.
“Every New Yorker should
get tested for COVID-19 and
that begins with providing
easy access to free testing in
communities where the need
is greatest,” said NYC Test
& Trace Corps Executive Director
Dr. Ted Long. “We are
pleased to partner with Essen
Health Care to expand testing
options in underserved areas
of the Bronx, and the Test &
Trace Corps will provide the
full range of our free support
services to anyone who
tests positive.”
Mobile units will be available
Monday and Tuesday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
corner of Lafayette Avenue
and White Plains Road in
Soundview and Castle Hill;
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday
at the corner of Fordham
Road and University
Avenue in Fordham; and
Thursday and Friday from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the corner
of 181 Street and Grand in
Morris Heights.
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Testing is at no cost
and confi dential and no
appointments are required.
Essen Health Care mobile
units have traveled to over
160 locations in the Bronx
since the start of the pandemic
and continue to be
one of the largest testers of
COVID-19 in this medically
underserved community.
“Since March, Essen
has performed over 60,000
COVID-19 and antibody tests
for the residents of the Bronx,
with over 7,000 through
our mobile units,” said Dr.
Sumir Sahgal, founder and
chief medical offi cer of Essen
Health Care. “The Bronx
community has been hardest
hit with this virus from the
beginning, so safe and accurate
testing is a necessary resource
required to maintain
community health. We are
pleased to be able to bring access
to more people through
this vital partnership.”
Essen Health Care also
offers COVID-19 testing at
its 16 Metro Urgicare centers
in the Bronx, including
Parkchester and Westchester
Square. In addition, the Test
& Trace Corps provides testing
at no cost to patients
in the Bronx at three acute
care centers, two Gotham
Health community health
centers and more than 10
community testing sites and
mobile units.
Call 212-COVID19 to fi nd
the testing site nearest you.
Make an appointment by
visiting https://www.essenhealthcare.
com/contactus#
urgent-care.
The NYC Test & Trace Corps and Essen Health Care announced a partnership Monday to provide increased
access to COVID-19 testing at no cost for residents of neighborhoods underserved by testing.
Courtesy of Essen Health Care
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