North Rockland, where some zip codes have some of the highest per capita infection rates of coronavirus in Rockland and New York, is getting a COVID-19 testing facility. The testing site is located in the municipal parking lot next to the Village of Haverstraw Community Center on West Broad Street. Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and North Rockland state senator James Skoufis, who recently announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, and other local officials have been working to get the facility in Haverstraw where there are sizable Latino and African-American communities that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Zebrowski says the Haverstraw site will help identify infection, assist in tracing and isolation and facilitate gravely-ill people with hospital assistance…
Testing opens at noon today and runs until 5pm. Starting Thursday hours for the testing site will be from 9AM-5PM every weekday. You must have an appointment first, don’t just show up. For an appointment call the New York State Department of Health hotline at 1-888-364-3065.