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Officials gave out the state’s first round of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech to health care workers at University Hospital in Newark, NJ on Tuesday. (Edwin Torres/Office of Governor Phil Murphy)
NEWARK, NJ Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the health care workers at University Hospital in Newark have battled, cheered and wept alongside their patients. And perhaps it s only fitting that the first COVID-19 vaccination in the Garden State was given in one of its hardest-hit cities.
On Tuesday morning, officials gave out the state s first round of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech to health care workers at University Hospital.
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Gov. Phil Murphy to tour COVID-19 vaccine clinic, call in to radio show with Atlantic City councilman Tuesday
While there is no briefing with state officials Tuesday to update residents on the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphyâs schedule includes touring a vaccine clinic and calling in to a radio show hosted by an Atlantic City councilman.
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Governor Phil Murphy holds a Covid-19 press conference on June 9, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office)
NEW JERSEY Who in New Jersey is getting the first round of the coronavirus vaccine? The list is actually much, much broader than initially thought – and they re not just doctors and nurses.
Essentially, anyone who works in the healthcare field – or even tangentially connected, such as mortuary workers – in New Jersey qualifies to receive a vaccine in the first round, said state Health Commissioner Judy Perischelli on Friday and Monday
(see list below). The category to receive it in phase one is very broad, said Perischelli, speaking at the governor s daily press conferences. It includes any worker who serves in a healthcare setting.
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