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Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, Senior Director of Nursing and Patient Experience, Nursing Administration, was among the first group of JCMC employees to be given the COVID-19 vaccine.
As vaccines for COVID-19 roll out in Hudson County, the virus continues to surge in North Hudson municipalities.
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen was the first hospital in the county to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, administering it to frontline healthcare workers on Dec. 18. Jersey City Medical Center gave the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to employees beginning on Dec. 21.
CarePoint Health’s three hospitals, Bayonne Medical Center, Hoboken University Medical Center and Christ Hospital began administering the Moderna vaccine to employees on Dec. 21 and 22. Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus began distributing the Moderna vaccine to employees on Dec. 22.