Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
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Catholic Charities to provide COVID-19 tests, vaccines to underserved groups
The New Jersey Department of Health has enlisted Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton to help provide critically needed COVID-19 health education, testing, contact tracing and vaccine support to underserved groups in Central Jersey, including Latino and Black communities and documented and undocumented immigrants. Catholic Charities was awarded funding, through the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium…
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Congresswoman to discuss COVID-19 vaccine during tele-town hall on Feb. 25
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman will hold a tele-town hall at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 where she, alongside state officials and medical experts, will discuss the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations. Visit https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/live/ or listen in at https://www.facebook.com/RepBonnie
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Edison health director will address COVID vaccine during Metuchen chamber meeting
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its general membership meeting at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 25 via Zoom. Jay Elliott, director of the Edison Township Health Department, will address what is going on in the State of New Jersey with regards to the vaccine as well as the public’s access to vaccinations. Pre-registration, required…
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Greenwood House Senior Healthcare vaccinates its residents
To date, almost 250 residents and employees from Greenwood House, Abrams Residence, as well as their home care and hospice teams, have received both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine thanks to CVS Pharmacy in Manalapan, which administered their shots. “The more vaccines become available to everyone, the sooner we can get back to normal.…
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HVRSD seeks greater access to COVID-19 vaccines for teachers
New Jersey educators who did not qualify to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the current categories were in a holding pattern when Mercer County superintendents sent a recent letter advocating for educators to be placed highest priority after Phase 1A to Gov. Phil Murphy. Those educators are still awaiting further information as to when they…
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Town halls will address COVID-19 vaccines for minorities
The New Jersey Department of Health will offer a virtual town hall, Saving Lives with the COVID-19 Vaccine in New Jersey’s Black & Caribbean Communities, at 7 p.m. Feb. 11. Panelists will be Dr. Chris T. Pernell, Dr. Harold LaRoche and Dr. Amesika N. Nyaku, moderated by Dr. Kemi Alli. Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1577234449455960077 A second…
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Princeton school district wants vaccines for teachers, staff
Princeton Public Schools officials did not mince words as they called on Gov. Phil Murphy to move classroom teachers higher up on the list of New Jersey residents who are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. In a Jan. 28 letter to Gov. Murphy, Interim Superintendent of Schools Barry Galasso urged the governor to give New…
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Superintendents in Mercer County push Murphy for educators to receive high priority in vaccine roll out
Mercer County superintendents are urging that Gov. Phil Murphy place educators in the highest priority to receive vaccinations in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out. Mercer County Association of School Administrators (MCASA), an organization for Mercer County superintendents, sent a letter on Feb. 1 to Murphy asking for vaccines for teachers as soon as possible.…
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Lawrence school board: Give vaccine priority to educators
Lawrence Township school district officials are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to give “appropriate priority” to educators and support staff in the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education adopted a resolution at its Jan. 27 meeting that requests the governor to include teachers and support staff in the…