Mayor Adams Launches Nation's First Mobile Test to Treat Program

MAYOR ADAMS LAUNCHES NATION’S FIRST MOBILE TEST TO TREAT PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO ANTI-VIRAL COVID-19 MEDICATIONS AT MOBILE TESTING LOCATIONS

Medications Will Be Prescribed to Eligible Patients Within Minutes of Positive Rapid Test

Program Will Expand to More Than 30 Mobile Testing Units Through July and Soon Offer Medication on Site

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, NYC Test & Trace Corps, NYC Health + Hospitals, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) were joined by White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha today to announce the launch of the country’s first-ever mobile-based “Test to Treat” program. Starting today, participating mobile testing units managed by NYC Test & Trace Corps will now include a clinician on their team to provide instant access to prescriptions for no-cost, antiviral medications for eligible New Yorkers who test positive at these sites. The initial Test to Treat units are partnering with local pharmacies to provide immediate distribution of medication from the prescription. As the launch continues, the program will expand to over 30 units over the month of July. This program will also shift to be able to distribute antiviral medications in the units this summer, ensuring New Yorkers have even more immediate access to life-saving treatments.

The Test to Treat mobile program is starting with three mobile testing units, paired with local pharmacies, and will expand to more than 30 units through the month of July. In the initial phase, New Yorkers who test positive for COVID-19 will receive a prescription from a clinician at the mobile site and be able to pick up the medication at the co-located pharmacy or through the city’s free home delivery program. Units will be partnered and deployed at the following locations:

• Inwood Pharmacy

4915 Broadway

New York, New York 10034

• Burke Avenue Pharmacy

759 Burke Avenue

Bronx, New York 10467

• Rex Pharmacy

119-01 Rockaway Boulevard

South Ozone Park, New York 114120

As the program expands, New Yorkers who test positive at a participating mobile testing unit will be offered the chance to engage with an onsite clinician and, if eligible, walk away with a free course of Paxlovid anti-viral medication. The program builds upon the NYC Test & Trace Corps’ nation-leading mobile testing and vaccination efforts, which have provided New Yorkers 1.9 million tests and 285,000 vaccinations to date.

Test & Trace will continue to work hand in hand with community partners to ensure deployments are reaching New Yorkers in neighborhoods most impacted by COVID-19 and to coordinate closely with DOHMH to make data-informed decisions.

New Yorkers can visit nyc.gov/covidtest to find a city-run testing site most convenient and accessible to them. Multiple COVID-19 treatments are available for people ages 12 and older and can be delivered to New Yorkers’ homes for free. For more information on COVID-19 treatments, please call 212-COVID19 and press 9 or visit nyc.gov/health/covidtreatments. Calling 212-COVID19 provides New Yorkers an immediate connection to a clinician who can refer them to monoclonal antibody treatment or prescribe antiviral medications, like Paxlovid, and arrange to have it delivered to their home that same day.

4915 Broadway

Uptown Manhattan

June 30, 2022