{"id":710,"date":"2020-10-06T04:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T04:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/covid-testing-free-flu-shots-and-mask-distribution-in-east-new-york-thursday-oct-15-at-the-brooklyn-sports-club\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T04:49:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T04:49:22","slug":"covid-testing-free-flu-shots-and-mask-distribution-in-east-new-york-thursday-oct-15-at-the-brooklyn-sports-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"COVID Testing Free Flu Shots and Mask Distribution in East New York Thursday Oct 15 at the Brooklyn Sports Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we head into flu season and still battling the COVID pandemic, HealthyNYC has created a series of events for COVID Testing, Flu Shots and information about maintaining your overall health.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <strong>COVID-19 Testing,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Free Flu Shots <\/strong>and<strong> Free Mask Distribution<\/strong>\u00a0as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/east-new-york-health-wellness-series-covid-testing-free-flu-shots-tickets-123261162455\"><strong>East New York Health and Wellness Series<\/strong><\/a> at the Brooklyn Sports Club <strong>Thursday October 15, 2020<\/strong>, from <strong>10am-2pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID Testing<\/strong> will be provided by <strong>Sherman Abrams Labs<\/strong>, Flu Shots will be provided by <strong>CVS Pharmacy<\/strong> and mask distribution will be provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/riseupeny.org\/\"><strong>Rise Up ENY<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>ENY Community Advocate Nikki Lucas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HealthyNYC<\/strong>, <strong>Empire Blue Cross, former Congressman Ed Towns, Dreyfus Health Policy and Research Center<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Senior Outreach Services<\/strong> are also partners in this event.\u00a0 <strong>Rise Up ENY<\/strong> will be providing resource information about healthy living, along with providing community health assessments.<\/p>\n<p>You do not have to register to have the COVID Testing or Flu Shot, but registrants will be on the express line, so we encourage everyone to register.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/covid-testing-free-flu-shots-east-new-york-health-wellness-series-tickets-123261162455\">REGISTER HERE<\/a> <\/strong>for Express Services for Testing and Flu Shots.<\/p>\n<p>If you have insurance you simply need to bring a copy of your insurance card.\u00a0 <strong>Everyone MUST bring identification<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you do not have insurance you will still be able to receive services, but if you have a copy of your insurance card and you register for the event services will be faster. You can also Register by calling JIG Media at 877-356-9739 or emailing <a href=\"mailto:info@jig.media\">info@jig.media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12955\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eny-health-and-wellnes-flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we head into flu season and still battling the COVID pandemic, HealthyNYC has created a series of events for COVID Testing, Flu Shots and information about maintaining your overall health. 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