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Burlington County to hold walk-in vaccination clinics across county
WILLINGBORO In an effort to get as many residents vaccinated as possible, Burlington County will be holding vaccination clinics across the county over the next several weeks.
The free clinics will be held in towns where vaccination rates may be lagging behind the county rate of 57% of residents with at least one shot. Residents will be able to make an appointment ahead of time, or just walk-in. Statewide, and really nationwide, there is a waning of interest in vaccination, said Dr. Herb Conaway, Burlington County Department of Health director. We will start to move this vaccination process around on the theory that proximity will create interest and drive more into the vaccination process.
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Scott A. Coffina, prosecutor, Burlington County
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly everyone’s life over the past year. Perhaps no one was more impacted, however, than people confronting substance use disorder. The painful companions of the pandemic – job loss, financial hardship, fear for our health, isolation – present acute challenges to those with SUD. Each one represents an imposing roadblock to recovery.
Moreover, many in-person treatment programs shut down abruptly last spring, and healthy outlets such as recovery meetings, exercise and recreational facilities, and the fellowship and distraction of the workplace suddenly became unavailable to those in recovery.
It was predictable that fatal overdoses would increase with the upheaval caused by COVID-19, and statewide, they did, although not as much as feared. New Jersey lost 3,046 individuals to suspected overdoses in 2020, compared to 3,021 in 2019.
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