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'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey 'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey
'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey Six vaccine "mega sites" are expected to open across New Jersey in early January, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during Friday's COVID-19 briefing. The sites will be able to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, and will accommodate essential workers before moving to adults over the age of 65 and those with high-risk medical conditions. The news comes three days after a nurse at University Hospital in Newark became the first New Jersey resident to receive Pfizer's vaccine. Since then, "healthcare heroes" have been vaccinated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Atlant…

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VIDEO: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County VIDEO: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County
Video: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County A second temporary field hospital to help with the overflow of patients during the coronavirus outbreak opened Wednesday morning in Middlesex County. Gov. Phil Murphy toured the 500-bed facility at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison. The facility officially opens on Saturday, the governor said after his tour, which can be viewed here.  “We’ve got a really tough three weeks ahead of us and this is gonna make a huge difference,” Murphy said as he walked through the temporary hospital. “I want to thank everybody,” Murphy said, “Everyone stay inside. Bless you all.…

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by Jon Craig