The Ocean County Health Department and local government officials are trying to process the news that the State, who provided them with 3,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine recently, informed OC officials on Friday that they are taking back 400 of those doses.
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There have been approximately 177,000 vaccine doses, between first and second, given out so far to Ocean County residents but only about 60,000 actually took place in Ocean County, with many traveling out of the area to a Mega-Site to get vaccinated because Ocean County is not being given the adequate amount of doses needed.
Heading into this week, the State took 400 doses needed for the first shot from Ocean County out of a shipment of 3,400.
The Ocean County Health Department and local government officials are trying to process the news that the State, who provided them with 3,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine recently, informed OC officials on Friday that they are taking back 400 of those doses.
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There have been approximately 177,000 vaccine doses, between first and second, given out so far to Ocean County residents but only about 60,000 actually took place in Ocean County, with many traveling out of the area to a Mega-Site to get vaccinated because Ocean County is not being given the adequate amount of doses needed.
Heading into this week, the State took 400 doses needed for the first shot from Ocean County out of a shipment of 3,400.
TRENTON, New Jersey (WABC) The New Jersey Department of Health is investigating a cluster of Legionnaires disease cases in Union County, with 14 confirmed cases and one death.
The cases were reported to the department between February 3 and February 26, and health officials are working with the local health departments in Union County to investigate the cluster.
The individual who died was a male resident of Union County in his late 60s. This is a continuing investigation, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. The risk to anyone who lives in Union County is very small. Out of an abundance of caution, the department recommends that individuals who live in Union County who become ill with pneumonia-like/respiratory symptoms, such as fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, and headache visit their healthcare provider.
University Hospital in Newark will resume vaccinations Wednesday morning after being snowed out for two days. The hospital has been vaccinating up to 600