A massive coronavirus
testing program will begin today allowing some Buffalo Bills fans to attend
Saturday's home playoff game.
Up to 6,700 fans will be
allowed in which about 10% of the Bills Stadium's capacity.
All fans must test negative
within 72 hours of kickoff.
A stadium parking lot has
been converted into a testing site for today and tomorrow. "There will be 30 lanes of
traffic so that we can move people in relatively quickly,
in and out," says Dr. Jon Cohen, BioReference executive chairman.
Dr. Cohen hopes that similar
testing can help other venues. "Broadway, opera, movie houses,
restaurants, other types of venues can begin to open with other testing
schemes."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is also
calling it a first-in-the-nation pilot program.