Long lines at COVID-19 test sites across Phoenix as omicron variant spreads

Aymara Cruz Diaz (left) registers for a COVID-19 test on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

COVID-19 test tubes on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Manager Luis Garnica (right) explains to Juan Camacho how to give himself a COVID-19 test on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Manager Luis Garnica (left) helps Yesenia Mata register for a COVID-19 test on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Juan Camacho gives himself a COVID-19 test on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Yesenia Mata gives herself a COVID-19 test on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Jennifer Martinez (lab tech) sorts COVID-19 tests on Jan. 4, 2022, at Valley Shield COVID-19 Testing in Phoenix.

Health care providers manage the line of cars at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Health care providers head out to cars at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Health care provider Danae Barrera talks people through the testing procedure at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Cars line up at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

A line of cars builds at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

David Wimberley, George and Dragon owner, takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Health care provider Danae Barrera talks with Christina McSheffrey before she takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

A bag containing a COVID-19 test is handed back from a car at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Health care provider Danae Barrera talks with Christina McSheffrey as she takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Christina McSheffrey takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

David Wimberley, George and Dragon owner, takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

Health care provider Danae Barrera talks with Christina McSheffrey as she takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.

David Wimberley, George and Dragon owner, takes a COVID-19 test at an Embry Health drive-thru COVID-19 test site on Jan. 4, 2022, in Phoenix.