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RARITAN TOWNSHIP - The Hunterdon County Health Department will be giving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccination on Friday.
Appointments are necessary and can be made by visiting the county s website or by calling the health department at 908-788-1351. The county s drive-thru clinic is located at the Hunterdon County Complex on Route 12 .
All individuals receiving the vaccine must remain in their cars while receiving the shot. After being vaccinated, all individuals must remain onsite for a minimum of 15 minutes for observation.
By RIKKI MASSAND
Credits: Rikki Massand
April 7, 2021 at 9:00 AM
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Almost half of all new COVID-19 infections in the United States (44%) are stemming from five states – New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan.
The Garden State’s COVID activity level was elevated from the moderate to high risk level over the past few days, and this week’s meeting of Hunterdon County’s governing body was impacted by the alarming new rise in COVID cases.
Hunterdon County Health Officer Karen DeMarco called into Tuesday’s Board of County Commissioners’ meeting, as she and board director Susan Soloway both noted that in early April the decision was made to take a step back from in-person county meetings in Flemington. Despite having most meetings over the last six months at the Hunterdon County Courthouse with a limited audience, the April 6 meeting was held only via teleconference.
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Front line health workers begin receiving vaccinations in Hunterdon County
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Hunterdon County’s Health Department today began providing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccinations to emergency Medical Technicians and School Nurses, target groups authorized by the CDC as Category 1A, Hunterdon County Freeholder Board Deputy Director Susan J. Soloway announced.
Soloway, the board’s health department liaison, reporting at a special meeting of the Freeholder Board said, “We have good news to report; This morning the County Health Department began administering vaccines to frontline medical workers, EMTs and School Nurses, as healthcare workers designated by the CDC as Category 1A. EMTs are often the first to arrive on-scene and provide emergency medical care to those in need and frequently have close contact with potential COVID-19 infected patients, which is why they have been placed in the category 1A. School nurses are medical workers that also have the potential f