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A year after the cruise ship scare
COVID-19 hit Bayonne, and Bayonne hit back ×
The Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas docked in Bayonne on Feb. 7, 2020. Photo by Daniel Israel.
“It’s hard to believe that we have been mired in this health emergency for a year now, yet here we are,” said Bayonne Mayor James Davis.
On Feb. 7, Davis reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic exactly one year to the day since the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas docked in the cruise port with possibly sick passengers. If the passengers had tested positive, they would have been the first coronavirus cases in the state.
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Mayor Davis drove Board of Education nurse Mary Ellen Forker to BMC on Feb. 1 during Winter Storm Orlena to help administer vaccines to residents.
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Mayor Davis drove Dineen Oliviera, a nurse at BMC, to her shift amid Winter Storm Orlena on Feb. 1.
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“We have been very busy contacting, screening, scheduling, and vaccinating many of our qualified residents,” said Mayor James Davis.
Despite Winter Storm Orlena, vaccinations have continued. Davis himself drove staff and residents to Bayonne Medical Center during the snowstorm.
On Feb. 1, Davis helped shuttle BMC staff and Bayonne Board of Education nurses to the hospital to distribute vaccines. The nurses have been assisting in the “all hands on deck” effort to vaccinate as many residents as possible.