FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM NOVEMBER 19, 2020 • THE QUEENS COURIER 21
GoFundMe raises money for funeral of Fresh Meadows teen
Photo courtesy of Yixuan Yin’s family
Five mobile COVID-19 testing units deployed in Queens
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com
@QNS
In an eff ort to fi ght against the rising
COVID-19 cases, the NYC Test & Trace
Corps is deploying new mobile testing
units to conduct screenings throughout
the city.
Designed by the NYC Department of
Design and Construction, the mobile
units will allow for patients to utilize a
large service window to safely share their
information and provide a safe environment
for our mobile teams to continue
serving New Yorkers through the cold,
winter months.
“Testing is our line of sight in the
fi ght against the coronavirus.Th ese new
weatherized mobile testing vans will
allow us to reach even more New Yorkers
during the winter. Every New Yorker we
test for the coronavirus strengthens our
ability to win the fi ght through detecting
cases early and mitigating the spread
of the virus,”saidTest & Trace Corps
Executive Director Dr. Ted Long.
As a part of the initiative, more than
10 of these next-generation mobile
units will bring testing to communities
identifi ed as COVID cluster areas.
Th e fi rst vehicle in the new fl eet will be
deployed to the Bangladeshi American
Community Development & Youth
Service (BACDYS) in Ozone Park,
Queens, next week.
“Th ese new mobile units will allow
for rapid deployment of resources as
new COVID hot spots arise,” said NYC
Department of Design and Construction
Commissioner Lorraine Grillo. “Since
March, under emergency construction
rules, DDC has also built stationary testing
sites, fi eld hospitals and community
health clinics and has upgraded several
Department of Health laboratories
to handle the greater testing load. We’re
ready to take on whatever construction
needs may arise to help the city get
through the pandemic.”
Each mobile testing unit will off er
walk-in tests from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Th e fully
equipped, mobile testing units will
include a registrar, a nurse practitioner
and a registered nurse to administer
the test.
Th e mobile testing units will be at the
following Queens locations:
• Bangladeshi American Community
Development and Youth Service Corp
Photo courtesy of NYC Test & Trace Corps
(BACDYS), 83-10 Rockaway Blvd.,
Jamaica
• Forest Park Tennis Courts, Park Lane
South and 87th Street, Woodhaven
• Hoover Manton Playground, 8353
Manton St., Briarwood
• Travers Park, 76-9 34th Ave., Jackson
Heights
• Vite Locasio Field, Conduit Avenue,
Ozone Park
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Th e family of 17-year-old
Yixuan Yin, who was found
unconscious on the front lawn of
her Fresh Meadows home before
she was pronounced dead on
Nov. 9, has raised $18,847 with a
GoFundMe campaign to pay for
funeral expenses.
The GoFundMe account
was launched by Yin’s cousin,
Zhengjun Wu, who described Yin
as a “smart, beautiful girl, who had
many dreams that were cut short.”
“She was a student at LaGuardia
Community College and had the
ambition of becoming a designer.
Her death was unexpected and
sad,” Wu said.
On Nov. 9, Yin’s family told
police their daughter went out
to run an errand, according to
reports. When Yin didn’t return,
her mother went outside at 1:15
a.m. and found Yin lying unconscious
in the grass outside of
their residence on 186th Street
between 75th Avenue and Union
Turnpike.
Yin was taken to NYC Health +
Hospital/Queens, where she was
pronounced dead a short time
later. Her body was transferred
to the Medical Examiner’s offi ce
for an autopsy to determine the
cause of death.
Th ere were no signs of trauma
on Yin, nor any evidence of foul
play, authorities said. Th e investigation
is ongoing.
Yin was a month away from
celebrating her 18th birthday.
According to Wu, Yin was her
mother’s “earth and sun.”
“Her daughter was her everything.
She would give anything
to bring her back,” Wu said.
“Yixuan’s mom raised her daughter
as a single mother and never
expected to see her daughter
leave the earth before her.”
Yin loved to draw and spend
time on her phone and laptop.
She loved singing and, most of
all, she loved playing with her
cat, Yuanbo.
A funeral is scheduled for Nov.
21. Visit the GoFundMe page for
more details.
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