A new drive-thru COVID-19 testing center for Los Angeles County residents will open Monday in the City of Industry, to increase testing capacity amid surging demand.
Long Beach officials announced an expanded drive-thru and walk-up testing site that will open Monday in the former Boeing parking lot near 3590 E. Wardlow Road. That site will have the capacity to test 3,000 people a day.
The expansion comes as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is fueling record numbers of infections in Los Angeles County and nationwide. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the activation the California National Guard to help provide additional testing facilities and capacity amid the rise in demand.
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