By Lydia Chavez and Julian Mark

Public health officials will launch a massive campaign to test as many residents as possible in an area with some 5,700 residents who live between South Van Ness and Harrison Streets from Cesar Chavez to 23rd Street, according to fliers distributed in the testing area.

The campaign – a collaboration that includes UCSF, the Latino Task Force for COVID-19 and the SF Department of Public Health – will take place over four days starting on April 23.

“People in the Mission have been heavily affected by COVID-19,” the announcement explains. “Community-based testing will provide important information to people on whether they have COVID-19 now or had it in the past and will help us understand how to stop the spread of the virus.” READ MORE