Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer together with the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) and the NYC Health & Hospital Test & Trace Corp brought a free mobile Covid-19 Test Site to Good Shepherd Plaza today.

Roosevelt Island residents lined up early this morning for the Covid-19 test which began at 8 AM and continues until 7 PM today and tomorrow.

I spoke with Bourough President Brewer today at the Covid-19 Test site.

Roosevelt Island Public Safety Officers were on hand to assist those waiting in line.

A resident who stopped by the Covid-19 test site early in the morning expressed concerns about:

… A Too-small mini-van, not-disability-friendly, hardly well-ventilated, Im wondering how theyll sterilize between each person tested this Is a poor substitute for what we had in July….

I asked a Test & Trace Corp representative on site who said that if anyone was uncomfortable about the van, or could not get in, the technician would do test outside.

I also asked if we could get info about number of tests given and percentage of positive results from the Roosevelt Island mobile Covid-19 Test site this weekend. Borough President Brewer said she would try and get that info for us.

According to the NYC Department of Health , the Roosevelt Island zip code 10044 most recent 7 day Covid 19 reporting data for December 3 -December 9 shows of 347 people tested, 11 were positive for a 3.17% positive rate

As previously reported:

… the Roosevelt Island zip code 10044 most recent 7 day Covid 19
reporting data for November 30-December 6 shows of 395 people tested, 9 were
positive for a 2.28% positive rate….

and:

… The Roosevelt Island zip code 10044 7 day Covid 19 reporting data for November 21-27 showed of 278 people tested, 7 were positive for
a 2.52% positive rate…

and:

… For the seven days ending November 21, Roosevelt Island zip code 10044 had a lower positivity rate of 0.27%…

RIOC plans to open a Covid-19 Testing site facility in the former NY Public Library space later this month. The facility will be operated by a private medical practice, Swift Emergency Care Testing. No further info on the medical practice available at this time.

UPDATE 8:45 PM: