New York’s LaGuardia Airport is the city’s newest hub COVID-19 Test site – and the tests are free for everyone, even those without insurance.
Although all three New York area airports now have testing facilities, LaGuardia was the first to offer free testing when the new location opened its doors in early October. Located on the first floor of the Terminal B. The walk-through test site is open to New York residents, visitors, and airport employees with no appointments required. The facility is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Those who are tested are also given free parking in the garage of Terminal B.
The tests are performed by doctors at NYC Health & Hospitals using PCR nasal swabs. The results are available by phone within 48 hours. While the tests are free, insured patients are asked to provide their insurance information, but no copay or co-insurance fees are charged. (For more information, see the New York Test and Trace Corps website.) Similar nasal swab tests done at other airport locations cost about $ 150 per screening.
Although the airport’s location is a convenient option for planes en route to or from the countries Conditions that require a negative COVID-19 test In order to be able to enter or travel more freely, there is no guarantee that results will be available at the time the aircraft lands.
LaGuardia’s free trials are Part of a larger bump from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to offer free trials at New York Airports. According to the port authority, a similar free test site will open at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the coming weeks.
Numerous airports and airlines hope that comprehensive testing for COVID-19 can help resume air traffic by allowing passengers with negative test results to bypass lengthy quarantine requirements. The free tests of the airports are announced by United Airlines free test program for rapid tests for passengers en route from Newark to Heathrow. Although only customers who have tested negative for the virus are allowed to board these flights, passengers must comply with the UK’s 14-day quarantine rules upon landing in London.
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