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COVID-19: Delta Variant Is Predominant Strain In NJ COVID-19: Delta Variant Is Predominant Strain In NJ
Covid-19: Delta Variant Is Predominant Strain In NJ The COVID-19 Delta variant has become the predominant strain in New Jersey, health officials announced. The highly-contagious strain comprised 41 percent of the state's new variant cases last month, according to state officials. The Delta variant accounted for 70 percent of New Jersey's variant cases for the week ending June 26, the most recent NJ Department of Health surveillance report shows. This is the first time that the Delta variant overtook the Alpha variant, first documented in the UK. Vaccines have proven successful against the variant, which has spread for 80 countries aft…

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by Cecilia Levine
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These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer COVID-19 Vaccines These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer COVID-19 Vaccines
These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer Covid-19 Vaccines Thirty-nine ShopRite stores across the Garden State are offering COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare workers and other qualified patients. The stores are offering the vaccine to Phase 1A recipients who make an appointment. Availability may be expanded as more vaccines are distributed, officials said. “We are excited to be part of the initial stages of this unprecedented public health campaign as we begin vaccinating healthcare workers who are on the front lines in the COVID-19 pandemic,” Jeffrey Mondelli, Wakefern Food Corp. Vice President of Pharmacy, Health & Beauty said in a stateme…

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by Valerie Musson
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COVID-19: All Bergen Schools Closed Indefinitely COVID-19: All Bergen Schools Closed Indefinitely
Covid-19: All Bergen Schools Closed Indefinitely Schools in all 75 Bergen County districts will shut down indefinitely at the close of Friday's school day in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, County Executive Jim Tedesco said Thursday night. Bergen schools will be closed after 3 p.m. Friday, giving staff the rest of the day and all weekend to prepare for online learning, he said. Although no students should be in the schools Monday, Tedesco said he expected some staffers would be, as preparations continue. Bergen County had 13 presumed cases of COVID-19 when the county executive made what he called "a paramount decision..…

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by Jerry DeMarco