Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichelli today said she is working with the Office of Emergency Management to coordinate federal strike teams.
Rutgers picks poet, ‘The Wire’ actor for commencement speeches
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Rutgers University has tapped former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to deliver the keynote address at its virtual commencement ceremony next month.
Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize winner, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree during the virtual ceremony for Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. The university will pay a $35,000 honorarium.
“I am honored to have been invited to address the Rutgers University graduating class,” Trethewey said. “In times of uncertainty, our academic rituals and traditions stand to remind us of our history while linking us to the future.”
NJ outlines COVID vaccine distribution plan
Residents of nursing homes in New Jersey have begun receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey COVID vaccine distribution plan as outlined in part by the state health commissioner Monday involves breaking up the population into groups Category 1A, Category 1B and Category 1C, followed by the general public.
Healthcare workers such as doctors, nurses, and EMTs makeup Category 1A and have already been receiving the vaccine after it was first administered at University Hospital in Newark earlier this month.
Vaccinations for long-term care facility and nursing home residents and staff- who are also included in Category 1A- began Monday. New Jersey initiated those vaccinations a week later than other states including Connecticut and New York because it missed a federal deadline by one day.
NJ administers first COVID vaccine in the state
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New Jersey begins vaccinations
COVID-19 vaccine shipments are arriving in New Jersey. Maritza Beniquez, a nurse at University Hospital in Newark, was the first person to receive a shot. Gov. Phil Murphy said this is a major step in ending the pandemic.
NEW JERSEY - A healthcare worker from University Hospital in Newark became the first person in New Jersey to receive the vaccine for the coronavirus.
Flanked by Gov. Phil Murphy, NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichelli, and hospital officials, Emergency Department Registered Nurse Maritza Beniquez was administered the shot just after 8 a.m. Tuesday.