A website promised by President Trump to help facilitate coronavirus testing has expanded to several cities in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
Trump said more than a month ago that the site, created by Google’s sister company Verily Life Sciences, would be a national resource. The website “is going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location,” the president announced.
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Despite the promise, the site made a limited debut in only two California counties a couple of days later, covering just eight cities. The sites in California have been run in conjunction with the state’s health department.
It has since expanded to Rite Aid locations in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Monroeville, and York, Pennsylvania.
“All Rite Aid drive-up COVID-19 testing locations will utilize self-swab nasal tests overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists,” Rite Aid said in a news release.
Valley Stream, New York, and Waldwick, New Jersey, will also have testing locations.
