NEW JERSEY (WABC) A group dubbed the Emerson Angels are using their free time to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for teachers in their local New Jersey school district.
Booking appointments has been difficult for many people who are eligible for myriad reasons from low supply to a lack of access to a computer.
The Emerson Angels started after Jennifer Volsin helped her grandmother, Ruth, land a slot and she figured others were struggling. I put a post on Facebook and I offered I could help and the requests came through and still are, never ended, Volsin said.
Kate Stutzelsaw that post and thought of all 190 employees in the Emerson school district who are eligible, her children are in elementary school.
Restaurants and other businesses in New Jersey will increase to 50% indoor capacity on March 19, while East Orange became one of the first municipalities in New Jersey to launch a mobile health clinic to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Restaurants and other businesses in New Jersey will increase to 50% indoor capacity on March 19.
Meanwhile, of 812 public-school districts, charter schools, renaissance schools, and schools for students with disabilities, 110 have opened for all-person instruction, 541 for hybrid instruction, 36 using a mix of options across buildings and 125 all-remote. Getting all of our students back in their familiar school surroundings is among our top priorities, the governor said. It s one reason why we re working with our educators to get them vaccinated, so they can move confidently in returning to their classrooms.
Governor Phil Murphy toured a community based COVID-19 vaccine site at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral in Paterson Tuesday, this as a new survey finds New Jersey residents are relaxing social distancing measures as cases decline.