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NJ Officials Miss Vaccine Deadline For Nursing Homes NJ Officials Miss Vaccine Deadline For Nursing Homes
NJ Officials Miss Vaccine Deadline For Nursing Homes New Jersey nursing homes will have to wait another week for COVID-19 vaccines after state officials missed the deadline by just one day. The Pfizer vaccine is currently available in the Garden State to individuals in the 1A category, which includes hospital workers, along with longterm care facility residents and staff. "In order to start on the 21st there was a deadline for the 7th for input of all the registered facilities. We missed that by a day," said Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said last Friday, citing the sheer volume of data that needed to be entered. "We asked to be able …

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