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NEW JERSEY (WABC) The first COVID-19 vaccinations are being given in New Jersey Tuesday, with the first recipient a nurse who got the shot at University Hospital in Newark.
Maritza Beniquez has had a front-row seat to the devastation the coronavirus pandemic has wrought on communities of color in New Jersey, so the 56-year-old ER nurse jumped at the chance to take the vaccine that is being hailed as a potential turning point in a long and grueling battle against the deadly virus. I m happy that in another month and a half, I won t have to be afraid to go into a room anymore, she said. I won t have to be afraid to perform chest compressions or be present when they re intubating a patient. I don t want to be afraid anymore, and I don t want to have that risk of taking it home to my own family and my own friends.
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It s a complicated chain, with many supplies and workers leading to the end product of a patient receiving a shot. At the complex in Bethpage, you can feel the hustle and bustle, kind of like Santa s Workshop for PPE.
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NJ administers first COVID vaccine in the state
By Kathy Carvajal and Associated Press
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New Jersey begins vaccinations
COVID-19 vaccine shipments are arriving in New Jersey. Maritza Beniquez, a nurse at University Hospital in Newark, was the first person to receive a shot. Gov. Phil Murphy said this is a major step in ending the pandemic.
NEW JERSEY - A healthcare worker from University Hospital in Newark became the first person in New Jersey to receive the vaccine for the coronavirus.
Flanked by Gov. Phil Murphy, NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichelli, and hospital officials, Emergency Department Registered Nurse Maritza Beniquez was administered the shot just after 8 a.m. Tuesday.