New York Opens Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing Center

Workers in protective suits get ready while waiting for people to be tested as they arrive by car at the state's first drive through COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, New York, on March 13, 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

New York opened a drive-through coronavirus testing center on Friday in New Rochelle, the center of one of the largest clusters of the new illness in the nation.

“It’s not only faster and easier, it’s also smarter and safer. Because you’re not exposing people to a person who may be positive,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference at the center.