NJ COVID Update: New Jersey long-term care facilities receive 1st coronavirus vaccinations
NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- New Jersey has lost more than 7,200 residents at long-term care facilities to COVID-19, and that's why they are among the first in line to get vaccinated. Governor Phil Murphy, joined by New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli and CVS Health Regional Director Kat Kingston, Monday visited Roosevelt Care Center in Old Bridge to mark the launch of the state's vaccination effort of residents and staff of long-term care facilities. 103-year-old Mildred Clements, a Newark native and current resident of the Roosevelt Care Center in Old Bridge, become the ...