N.J. administers its first COVID-19 vaccine dose to University Hospital nurse
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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It was a birthday present Maritza Beniquez won’t soon forget.
On Tuesday morning 286 days after the state reported its first case Beniquez, an emergency room nurse at University Hospital in Newark, became the first person in New Jersey to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus, other than clinical trials.
“Thank you, God!” a beaming Beniquez said just after receiving the shot in her right arm at 8:10 a.m. during a ceremony at the hospital, coincidentally on her 56th birthday. “I couldn’t wait for this moment to hit New Jersey.”
‘Historic Day: Frontline Nurse Becomes 1st in New Jersey to Get Vaccine New Jersey will receive three shipments of the Pfizer vaccine this month, beginning with about 76,000 doses this week and another 86,000 next week
Published December 15, 2020 •
Updated on December 16, 2020 at 1:37 am
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An emergency room nurse at Newark s University Hospital became the first person in New Jersey to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, a historic moment in the state s ongoing war against the coronavirus, Gov. Phil Murphy said.
Maritza Beniquez said it was her birthday as the vaccination was administered.
“I couldn’t wait for this moment,” Beniquez said. “My experience during the COVID-19 pandemic has been that of so many of my healthcare peers, and during the first wave, we faced an unprecedented volume of critically ill patients from all walks of life and adult populations.
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