NEW JERSEY (WABC) Two healthcare workers at Hoboken University Medical Center in New Jersey became the first hospital employees to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning.
Dr. John Rimmer, of the Emergency Department, and Dinorah Vargas, who works in the intensive care unit, received their first dose of the vaccine.
Dr. Rimmer says he understands the public skepticism about getting the shots, but that the science behind the vaccine is good and it may prevent future spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise offered a tour of Hudson County s first Vaccine Distribution Center, which is expected open later this week.
FDNY COVID vaccine
EMTs and paramedics at the FDNY will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday. Officials say 450 members will get their shots at three FDNY facilities. Next in line, starting Dec. 29, are the firefighters and NYP officers.
Nearly 12,000 NYC students removed from in-person learning
Officials say 11,790 students have reverted to fully remote learning after their parents did not return their permission slips for coronavirus tests.
The city told parents of returning students that they must have a coronavirus testing consent form on file when in person learning resumed. The city Education Department said 91% of the 131,000 blended learning students in grades K through 5 now have permission slips on file.
Hudson County Exec. DeGise quarantining after chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Guy, also the president of the Hudson County Schools of Technology Board and the treasurer of the county Democratic committee, was informed yesterday that he had tested positive.
He had begun to show minor symptoms on December 11th and followed up with PCR testing.
DeGise was administered a rapid COVID-19 test yesterday which was negative and he is currently awaiting additional test results.
Guy is currently isolated and is continuing to work remotely and the rest of the county executive’s staff is also undergoing testing, quarantining and working remotely until further notice.
Hudson County Executive DeGise and staff in quarantine after chief of staff comes down with coronavirus
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Craig Guy, chief of staff to Hudson County Executive Tm DeGise. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey
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Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and his entire staff are quarantining after finding ought that the county executive’s chief of staff has contracted COVID-19.
Chief of Staff Craig Guy was informed Wednesday that he had tested positive after beginning to show minor symptoms on Dec. 11 and undergoing PCR testing.
DeGise, who is 70, was administered a rapid COVID-19 test Wednesday that was negative, and he is currently awaiting additional test results, a spokeswoman said.
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