Bayonne has administered over 40,000 COVID-19 vaccinations since January, official says
Bayonne Health Officer Michele O’Reilly. Screenshot via Facebook Live.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Since the vaccination rollout began in January, we have administered over 40,000 doses of either Moderna, Pfizer, or the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to anyone who lives, works, or studies in the City of Bayonne,” O’Reilly said during Mayor Jimmy Davis’ COVID-19 update yesterday.
“This incredible feat has taken countless hours, by many dedicated people, to show we’ll do everything we can to protect our city. The Bayonne Department of Health, under Mayor Davis, has remained committed to providing vaccine to anyone who wants it.”
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The Coronavirus has been taking its toll on our country for more than a year. The most important step that we can all take to defeat that disease is to get vaccinated. More than 24,000 Bayonne residents have been vaccinated. That is less than half of Bayonne’s population. We need to get several thousand more residents vaccinated, in order to defeat the Coronavirus in Bayonne.
Last week, the City of Bayonne established a large, new vaccination site at the Korpi Ice Rink that is located behind Bayonne High School. We chose the Ice Rink, because it is large enough to accommodate large numbers of people. Bespoke Health is operating this facility. The City of Bayonne invited Bespoke Health here, in order to vaccinate more residents and offer additional choices to local healthcare consumers. We look forward to working with Bespoke Health to improve Bayonne’s vaccination rate at this crucial time.
With J&J vaccine shelved, Bayonne forges ahead with Moderna
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The vaccine primarily administered in Bayonne has been the Moderna vaccine.
After the state of New Jersey ordered the temporary pause in the use of all Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines in the state, Bayonne Mayor James Davis announced, “We will not use J&J until we have state approval to do so.”
Hudson County has also paused administering the J&J vaccine out of an abundance of caution following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the state.
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The site will open on Wednesday, April 15th at 9:00 a.m. at the city’s high school ice rink, located on West 28th Street. For the time being, they will be administering the Moderna vaccine.
“The City of Bayonne has invited Bespoke Health to our community, in order to vaccinate more Bayonne residents and offer additional choices to local healthcare consumers,“ Mayor Jimmy Davis said in a statement.
“We look forward to working with Bespoke Health to improve Bayonne’s vaccination rate at this crucial time.”
Bespoke received a $1 million contract in January to operate a COVID-19 vaccination site in Jersey City and is currently overseeing multiple sites throughout the city, in addition to mobile units.