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NYC sees six-hour lines for COVID-19 testing ahead of Thanksgiving

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Lines for COVID-19 tests in Manhattan stretched for more than six hours Monday, as New Yorkers rushed to get checked ahead of Thanksgiving.

Outside a CityMD clinic on East 86th Street in the Upper East Side, the line stretched for three blocks, down First Avenue and onto East 85th Street, by early afternoon.

One local couple said they’d been waiting for six hours, part of it in the rain, since 6:45 am — and still had another hour to go. “We’ve been taking turns going home to put more layers on and use the bathroom,” said John, 34, a tech worker waiting with his girlfriend. “We’re getting the rapid results test,” he said. “We have to, we’re going to her parents house in New Jersey for Thanksgiving.

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