NYC adds testing; no decision on Times Square New Year’s Eve

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say they’re opening more COVID-19 testing sites and restricting visitation at city-run hospitals and jails. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that no decision had been made to ban people from the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square even as Fox said it was canceling its live broadcast because of concerns about the omicron variant. At least 89,000 people in the city tested positive in the seven day period that ended Tuesday. De Blasio says the city is opening seven additional testing sites on Wednesday. He also says it will set up five distribution sites on Thursday to hand out at-home rapid COVID-19 tests.