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Bayonne council continues shared services agreement for health officer with WNY
The agreement allows Health Officer Michele O Reilly to serve both Bayonne and WNY ×
Bayonne Health Officer Michele O Reilly gave a COVID-19 update in February of 2021.
The Bayonne City Council has approved a resolution continuing its shared services agreement for a health officer with West New York for another year. Currently, Michele O’Reilly serves as health officer for both municipalities.
The council voted unanimously to advance the measure at its July meeting.
Sharing services
The move first came in June 2020 after West New York ended its shared services agreement with North Bergen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. West New York and North Bergen first penned the agreement in 2018, after West New York abolished its health department as part of what town officials at the time had dubbed money saving efforts.
Vaccination sites throughout Hudson continue with two-dose shots while pausing Johnson & Johnson
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
Posted Apr 13, 2021
Nurses with the Union City Board of Education Medical Department, from left, Conny Palma, Michele Mercado and Joan Sherwood, prepare bandages and fill syringes with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Union Plaza Apartments in Union City on Friday, March 5, 2021. Senior residents there were among the first in the state to receive the one-shot vaccine. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)
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Vaccination sites across Hudson County are pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses, which will delay some appointments for homebound residents, but will not affect the existing schedule at government-operated sites.
North Bergen vaccinates teachers ahead of return to classrooms
North Bergen vaccinates teachers ahead of return to classrooms ×
Superintendent Solter addresses the district s efforts in a COVID-19 video update on April 9.
North Bergen continues to vaccinate teachers and education staff ahead of the school district’s return to classrooms this month.
“Teachers have been asked to be immunized,” Mayor Nicholas Sacco said in a vaccine video update.
The township began vaccinating eligible residents at the recreation center at 6300 Meadowview Avenue in early February. To register, call 201-392-2084. When an appointment is available, the township will reach out to registered individuals.
North Bergen’s COVID-19 vaccination site is up and running at their recreation center, located at 6300 Meadowview Ave., and are urging those eligible to call 201-392-2084 to schedule an appointment.
According to North Bergen Health Officer Janet Castro, the operation has been moving for the past two weeks, an upgrade after the township began administering vaccinations at municipal buildings on Christmas Eve.
To date, North Bergen has been receiving about 400 doses per week, with approximately 1,800 first doses administered, along with 360 second doses, as of Sunday. Even with some initial trepidation about being vaccinated, Castro said appointments have always been steady.
North Bergen is 1st in Hudson to have municipal workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
North Bergen is the first municipality in Hudson County, and one of the first in the state, to have some of their municipal frontline responders receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
“This vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines we have on the market right now, next there to Pfizer, the efficacy is up there, upwards of 95 percent,” North Bergen Health Officer Janet Castro, the first employee to receive the Moderna vaccine, said earlier this afternoon at Township Hall.
“So we urge the public to come and absolutely vaccinate: that’s the only way we’re really going to eliminate this virus.”