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View Comments New Jersey on Thursday did not appear ready to embrace the newest federal guidance to allow fully vaccinated people to stop wearing face masks indoors.  Hours after the Biden administration said vaccinated Americans no longer have to wear masks, it was still a question whether New Jersey would comply with the latest health guidance.  Gov. Phil Murphy did not say in an MSNBC appearance Thursday afternoon whether hed drop New Jerseys indoor mask requirement — he wasnt asked. ...

View Comments Providers across New Jersey began administering Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12 to 15 on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after the federal Centers for Disease Control approved it for that age group under emergency use.  Although Gov. Phil Murphy said this week that doses may be dsitributed to schools and pediatricians to administer, no formal plans have been release Most providers that have the Pfizer vaccine will likely be offering it to the new age group. Mod...

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View Comments But details on how New Jersey officials plan to get the vaccine to that age group has not yet been released despite Gov. Phil Murphy saying Monday that schools and pediatricians may soon be administering them.  The New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians said it knew of only one practice statewide that will be receiving more Pfizer doses for their pediatric population. And a spokesman for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics said it hasnt gotten any guida...

View Comments After facing criticism for not doing enough to vaccinate the homebound, Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday unveiled a new webpage intended to link providers with those who cant get to a vaccine site, as other states have done. The webpage at covid19.nj.gov/homeboundvax does not schedule a vaccine but collects information on the homebound and sends it to local health departments, home-care agencies, pharmacies and other organizations authorized to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at ...

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On a weekday morning in late April, a paramedic from St. Joseph’s Health arrived at Robin Chowdhury’s Paterson home to give him his first dose of Pfizers COVID vaccine. His father helped the 31-year-old, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, sit up in bed for the shot.   Eleven days earlier and a few miles to the east, Judy Rostkowski died at her home in Hasbrouck Heights after testing positive for COVID-19 just the day before. Her daughter had spent months searching in vain for someon...

NorthJersey.com Most capacity limits at restaurants, stores, offices and a host of other sites will be lifted on May 19 in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in a coordinated effort by the hardest-hit region in the U.S. to emerge from the pandemic, officials announced Monday. All limits on outdoor gatherings will also be lifted on May 19 as key COVID-19 metrics such as hospitalizations and the rate of transmission continue to fall, Gov. Phil Murphy said.  "The events that we all associate ...

Sleepaway camps in New Jersey will reopen for the first time in two years and day camps will be allowed to open on time this summer as key COVID-19 metrics continue to drop, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday.  The announcement is among a series of steps Murphy is introducing over the next several weeks to prepare for a more normal summer in New Jersey.   "Youre going to see us accelerating the opening up of the state," Murphy said, alluding to more announcements that are expected to be made. D...

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