As Covid-19 coronavirus cases are going up and vaccines being distributed in the first round, via Phase 1A, there is now an increase in the amount of testing days and hours as well as Monmouth County Commissioners adding a mobile vaccination unit for first responders.
“With the help of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, the County plans to inoculate four days per week, with sites in four towns,” Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone said at a press conference on Tuesday. “There will be 50 vaccines administered, strictly by appointment only, at each site. No walk-ins will be accepted.”
This week’s schedule for vaccinating those in Phase 1A include:
Leadership of Shark River Hills First Aid Squad Inc. and Hamilton First Aid & Rescue Squad, two long-running New Jersey EMS organizations, announced a merger January 1, 2021.
Hamilton First Aid & Rescue Squad officially became part of the Shark River Hills First Aid Squad, creating a more sustainable entity to provide volunteer EMS within Neptune Township, N.J., a community of more than 27,000 people.
“The community will benefit from the strengthening of the volunteer EMS program,” says Michael Bascom, chief of the Shark River Hills First Aid Squad. “By combining with Shark River Hills, Hamilton First Aid & Rescue Squad’s members will be teamed with Shark River members to provide expanded coverage to the region.”