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Broward County announced the opening of four new testing sites to combat long lines across the county as the demand for COVID-19 testing increases.

Here is what you should know about where to find tests for COVID-19 in the Lehigh Valley amid the omicron surge, who should get tested and more.

Mayor maria rivera of central falls, rhode island, got fully decked out in ppe last week so she could personally hand out some 2,500 at-home covid tests that the state sent to her city. i'm joined now by mayor maria rivera. thank you so much. there are mayors that govern from city halls and mayors that governor from the streets, exactly what you have been doing out there wearing your ppe and handing out the at-home tests. you have a population of about 20,000. 2,500 tests doesn't seem to be cutting it. are you opening more facilities? >> thank you so much for this opportunity, bianna. we have ...

People had been waiting in lines for hours. the video that we just showed was from last wednesday. have the lines gotten any sm smaller since then? >> no, the lines have not gotten smaller. i can tell you that we have as of today a bigger new testing site in the city that hopefully is going to help with the testing issue, what we did gave the doctor more resources to test more people and as soon as we're done with this call, i'll be heading over to the new testing site and see how that is rolling out. >> we know 70%, correct me if i'm wrong of the residents have been vaccinated. has that helpe...

To the other big story that no one wanted to be telling in 2022, omicron is surging across the nation with no sign of slowing down employees calling in sick, not just impacting the travel industry, but also one of the largest police departments in the country and forcing some schools to go remote again anne thompson has all that >> reporter: with the start of 2022, the nation hopes to turn the page on covid. but in many places today, it is more of the same this drive-up testing site in raleigh, north carolina, busy on a holiday. >> just to be safe i'll probably stay isolated until i get a nega...