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Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work
Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work A U.S. Postal Service supervisor from New Jersey openly sold 400 bogus COVID vaccine cards that she printed at her job -- while claiming that a graphic design degree was "paying off" for her, federal authorities charged. Lisa Hammell, 39, of the South Jersey town of Turnersville, sold the cards for from $20 to $100 after advertising them on social media, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Two of the buyers were from New Jersey and another was a federal employee in Virginia whose mother needed the card because she worked in a hospital and had to be …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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5,000 Blank COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Stolen From Philadelphia Clinic: Report 5,000 Blank COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Stolen From Philadelphia Clinic: Report
5,000 Blank Covid-19 Vaccination Cards Stolen From Philadelphia Clinic: Report Approximately 5,000 blank COVID-19 vaccination cards and an unknown amount of PPE were stolen from a Philadelphia clinic, 6abc reports. The cards and N95 masks were being stored inside of a staff-only storage room at Pennsylvania Hospital on South 8th Street, the outlet says. There were no signs of forced entry and Philadelphia police were investigating. Click here for more from 6abc.

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by Nicole Acosta
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COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3 COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3
COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3 A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for bars and restaurants in Philadelphia will take effect early next year, city officials announced. Establishments where customers can sit and eat or drink must require proof of vaccine for entry beginning Jan. 3, 2022. Employees and children ages 5 years and 3 months through 11 years old will be required to have one dose of COVID vaccine by Jan. 3 and to complete their vaccine series by Feb. 3. For the first two weeks of this mandate, these establishments may choose to accept proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of entry for people who are not …

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by Cecilia Levine
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No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired
No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired More than 100 employees of New Jersey's largest health care system were fired for refusing to comply with its COVID vaccination policy, officials said. RWJBarnabas Health gave employees a deadline of Oct. 15 to receive the shots, and 118 of them apparently did not, news reports say. “Regrettably, and despite all best efforts, 118 staff members have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees of RWJBarnabas Health, per our vaccine mandate policy,” a spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media in a statement. Of those employees, 62 were per diem who worked occasional shifts throughout th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ's University Hospital Workers Fired Over Bogus Vaccination Cards NJ's University Hospital Workers Fired Over Bogus Vaccination Cards
NJ's University Hospital Workers Fired Over Bogus Vaccination Cards Several University Hospital employees have been fired over bogus COVID-19 vaccination cards, news reports say.  Noticeable differences were spotted between the CDC-generated vaccination cards and the forged ones, the Newark-based hospital's president and CEO Dr. Shereef Elnahal told NJ Spotlight. The fake vaccination cards were an apparent effort to overcome the hospital's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy announced in June. It was not clear exactly how many employees were terminated. The news comes days after a 31-year-old Jasmine Clifford -- who calls herself “Anti-Va…

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey University's $1,000 Vaccine Incentive Takes Sting Out Of COVID-Era Tuition South Jersey University's $1,000 Vaccine Incentive Takes Sting Out Of COVID-Era Tuition
South Jersey University's $1,000 Vaccine Incentive Takes Sting Out Of Covid-era Tuition If you'e a student at Rowan University, it's your lucky day. Not only can you get a COVID-19 shot, but the university in South Jersey is offering full-time students $500 for proof of the vaccination, and another $500 for every vaccinated student who lives on campus. Rowan University President Ali A. Houshmand announced the new incentive on Thursday. “Rowan University is committed to assisting Gov. Murphy and the state of New Jersey in achieving the goal of fully vaccinating 70% of adults,” Houshmand said. “We are equally committed to ensuring that our students, employees and neighbors are…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: Error Allows Employees At Area Private School Access To Vaccine, Report Says COVID-19: Error Allows Employees At Area Private School Access To Vaccine, Report Says
Covid-19: Error Allows Employees At Area Private School Access To Vaccine, Report Says Nearly a dozen faculty and staff at a private school received the COVID-19 vaccination ahead of health care professionals and long-term care residents due to an email error. On Monday, Jan. 4, Head of School at The Williams School Mark Fader said that 11 faculty and staff had taken the vaccine after the school was informed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the employees were eligible to participate in one of the first rounds of vaccinations, the New London Day reported. In response, the school provided a list of faculty and staff to the CDC and all 53 employees rec…

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by Kristin Palpini