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Hudson County to open vaccination facility
The site will offer the COVID-19 vaccine to essential healthcare workers first ×
Hudson County will begin distributing the vaccine to healthcare workers next week. Photo by Haris Mm / Shutterstock.com
Hudson County will open its first COVID-19 vaccination site at the USS Juneau Center, Office of Emergency Management in Kearny next week, according to Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise.
The center will be operated by the Hudson Regional Health Commission and overseen by the newly established Hudson County Vaccine Task Force, which will coordinate vaccine response across several county departments.
But just because the vaccination site will be up and running doesn’t mean the county will stop offering COVID-19 testing. It will continue to partner with Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus to provide tests.
Hudson County will open COVID-19 vaccination site at Kearny OEM location next week
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The vaccination site, located at the USS Juneau Center at 110 Hackensack Ave., will be operated by the Hudson Regional Health Commission and overseen by the newly established Hudson County Vaccine Task Force.
They will help coordinate vaccine response across several different county departments and autonomous agencies, as well as the community at large.
“Our nation has eagerly awaited the approval of a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 crisis and Hudson County has worked diligently for the past nine months to prepare for this moment,” DeGise said in a statement.
Hudson County to open COVID-19 vaccination site in Kearny
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Hudson County plans to open a COVID-19 vaccination site at the USS Juneau Center, Office of Emergency Management in Kearny next week, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise announced Tuesday.
The vaccination center, at 110 Hackensack Rd., will be operated by the Hudson Regional Health Commission and overseen by the newly established Hudson County Vaccine Task Force, which the DeGise will utilize to coordinate vaccine response across several different county departments and autonomous agencies, as well as the community at large.
Vaccines will be administered by appointment only and additional information about how eligible individuals can register to be vaccinated at the county site will be made available in the coming days, officials said.