Dueling Storms: Heavy Snow to Collide with City Efforts to Battle Pandemic By Elina Tarkazikis New York City PUBLISHED 10:54 AM ET Dec. 16, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:54 AM EST Dec. 16, 2020 SHARE The city is set to get slammed by a winter storm as it battles a growing number of coronavirus cases. The snowstorm will temporarily put a halt to COVID-19 testing at city Health + Hospitals, pop-up and mobile sites. Testing will end early at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, and be delayed from starting back up again until noon on Thursday. “I live around here for years and it’s not going to be good, because I just went to get tested yesterday — long lines — that would mean that there’s a lot of people wanting to make sure they’re safe. But listen, it’s not safe also to go out in the conditions, especially with the storm, so we’ll see how it goes,” a New Yorker named Nora said outside of Elmhurst Hospital.