As of this writing, NY is again the epicenter of the Covid Pandemic which occurred days prior to Christmas Eve/Christmas 2021.
Me and my Family already have a celebration planned for Christmas Eve, so we decided that everyone should get tested for Covid prior to the celebration, for everybody's safety ( BTW, all of us already have our Covid vaccinations including booster shots).
Problem is, most of the places that offers Covid testing were already fully booked for appointment, not accepting anymore walk-ins and even walk-in places are running out of rapid test kits. We are already time-pressured as it is already a day before Christmas Eve.
I have also searched for "Covid-19 antigen self test kits" from all pharmacies in our area (Queens, NY) but no luck.
Fortunately, a co-worker of my wife just happen to mention to my spouse that there are available Covid test home kits in this Walgreens at Elmont.
Immediately after work, we drove for 25 minutes going to this store in Elmont, crossing our fingers that there are some more Covid test home kits left. We got there, was informed by the pharmacist that there are available kits at the check-out counter. There was a short line at the check-out, we were able to purchase three boxes of the Covid antigen self test kit, they are just allowing 1 box per person, each box is for two tests, good that my wife and son were with me.
We were so glad that this health and wellness store still have what we were looking for.
One question remains before our Christmas Eve celebration, are we all getting a negative test results? Crossing our fingers again... read more