Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
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Deputy health officer warns Pennington community against hesitancy with COVID-19 vaccines
Montgomery Township Deputy Health Officer Devangi Patel recently warned the Pennington Council and community about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. During a Pennington Council meeting on April 5, Patel spotlighted the need to start dealing with the segments of the population that are vaccine hesitant. She stated that even though there is a short supply of vaccine,…
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Volunteer group takes charge as South Brunswick Viking Vaccinators
Drop, refresh, glitch. Intake form, bot, CVS jail, high traffic, tabs. Vax. Need a pair. Screenshot. Confirm. Too far, time running out, release it, booking, sign in. Good luck tonight. Such words and phrases have been commonplace for Suzanne O’Rourke and her group of South Brunswick Viking Vaccinators, who have been volunteering to secure COVID-19…
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Penn Medicine Princeton Health begins vaccinating school employees
Penn Medicine Princeton Health and school nursing staffs across Central Jersey are teaming up to vaccinate school employees against COVID-19 as school districts return to more in-person instruction. Nurses and other staff members from Princeton Health Community Wellness and Engagement will be traveling to schools in Middlesex, Mercer and Somerset counties to provide vaccine clinics…
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The Jewish Center of Princeton shows ‘compassion’ by making COVID vaccine appointments for seniors
The Jewish Center, a synagogue in Princeton, has successfully scheduled COVID-19 vaccination appointments for all of its senior members over 80 years of age who needed help making an appointment. This was accomplished by the Chavurat Chesed (Hebrew for “compassionate community”), a group whose mission is to assist congregants in need. Chavurat Chesed members, as…
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Lawrenceville School students create website to navigate COVID-19 vaccine appointments
Dhillon and Shaan Choudhri had not seen their grandparents in about a year. With their parents being healthcare workers, the risk was too great to leave their home in Lawrence Township to visit their elders in Edison. So, instead, the junior and freshman at the Lawrenceville School, respectively, would say hello on the phone or…
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Volunteers in Edison are working ’round the clock’ to help fellow residents schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments
EDISON – Volunteers are working ’round the clock’ to help schedule COVID-19 vaccinations for fellow residents through the Edison Community Vaccine Help group. The effort initially began with resident Biral Patel, who reached out to several hundreds of seniors to help them get registered at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison –…
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RWJBarnabas Health webinar: Fears, Hesitation and Access – What the Black community needs to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
RWJBarnabas Health’s Southern Facilities will host a webinar on March 23 featuring a panel of experts who will discuss the fears and hesitations within the Black community surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine, addressing specific concerns with science-based information. Hosted by Keith Byrd, director of Health Information Management for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset;…
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South Brunswick cases rise, but vaccine eligibility expands
Following a month during which numbers of positive cases of COVID-19 seemed to have plateaued, South Brunswick’s COVID-19 cases appear to be rising again with 49 new cases. Although the reason for this increase in cases is not immediately apparent, the curve of the weekly case graph appears to be very closely mirroring that of…
