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NJ administers first COVID vaccine in the state
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New Jersey begins vaccinations
COVID-19 vaccine shipments are arriving in New Jersey. Maritza Beniquez, a nurse at University Hospital in Newark, was the first person to receive a shot. Gov. Phil Murphy said this is a major step in ending the pandemic.
NEW JERSEY - A healthcare worker from University Hospital in Newark became the first person in New Jersey to receive the vaccine for the coronavirus.
Flanked by Gov. Phil Murphy, NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichelli, and hospital officials, Emergency Department Registered Nurse Maritza Beniquez was administered the shot just after 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can now be administered in the US, CDC director says
From CNN s Maggie Fox, Jamie Gumbrecht and Ben Tinker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing on November 19 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield has accepted the recommendation of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine may be given to people ages 16 and older.
This means that shots can now be administered in the United States.
This ex-EMT’s most emotional day will shake any parent to their core. He retells it in a new book.
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Posted Dec 12, 2020
Ron Cody is the author of a 152-page book detailing his experiences as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad throughout the 1980s through to the late 2000s.Courtesy
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He wanted to inspire others to help people and possibly earn enough money to take his wife out to dinner.
Those were the goals that drove Ron Cody to write a book recounting his experiences as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad throughout the 1980s through to the late 2000s.