[NFBNJ] Mobile Vaccination Units

[Linda Melendez]

From: Gaston, Pamela

Subject: Mobile Vaccination Units



Please be advised that both East Orange and Paterson now have mobile
vaccination units that will come to individuals with disabilities and
people age 65+.  (East Orange - 973.266.5480 /973.677.8924 - Paterson -
973-881-2790)



Statewide/Regional Mobile Vaccination Units

What’s big and blue and could save hundreds of lives? The big blue vans
that the New Jersey Health Department is rolling out to deliver Covid-19
<https://www.nbcnews.com/health/coronavirus> vaccines to the residents who
have been the hardest to reach.


With infection rates rising again across the state — especially in crowded
areas like Hudson County, where many people have been unable to schedule
shot appointments online and don't have cars to get to the vaccination
centers — Gov. Phil Murphy has used federal funds to buy three customized
vehicles to bring the vaccines to the people.


“They just arrived — three vans that will be outfitted with a full staff to
go deep into communities and vaccinate individuals in about three weeks,”
New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Friday. “So we're
working with major health care systems in New Jersey to license those vans
as acute care centers. … So look for big blue vans going into communities.
We're going to put one out quickly for testing so people get used to seeing
the vans.”


They’re hard to miss. In addition to their color and size, they have the
words “Rapid Mobile Response Team” in big letters on the side.


Three mobile units will be placed in the northern, central and southern
parts of the state and will go into underserved communities including
congregate settings, such as high-rise senior centers,” Leusner said in an
email to NBC News..


Union County

The Union County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce that the
County has received its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19
vaccine from the New Jersey Department of Health. The available doses are
being distributed to seniors at five locations through the newly launched
Union County Mobile Vaccine Unit, and additional sites will be added as
soon as more doses become available.


The Union County Mobile Vaccine Unit launched today at a senior residence
in Linden. Residences in Hillside, Plainfield, Roselle, and Union Township
are also included in the program, accounting for the full shipment received
from the state Department of Health. Additional sites will be added to the
mobile program once more vaccine is available.


“The new mobile unit enables us to bring vaccines to seniors who would have
difficulty traveling to the Kean University site, and the single-dose
Johnson and Johnson vaccine enables us to reach more seniors as quickly and
efficiently as possible. The new mobile service also helps limit the risk
of exposure for people who are most vulnerable to the potentially deadly
effects of the virus,” said Board of Commissioners Chairman Alexander
Mirabella.


The new mobile unit complements the Union County Vaccine Center at Kean
University and the county’s satellite site in Plainfield, through which the
Commissioner Board has already administered almost 30,000 doses of the
Moderna vaccine to eligible residents.

The Board has also assigned County staff to assist with the federally
managed FEMA vaccination site in Elizabeth, which has administered 3,000
doses to date.

Residents who would like to make an appointment at the Union County Vaccine
Center at Kean University can book an appointment online at ucnjvaccine.org.

Seniors and persons who have difficulty accessing the Internet can contact
the Union County Vaccine Call Center at 908-613-7829 to check for updates.


In addition to vaccination programs run by Union County, pharmacies and
other locations are beginning offer vaccines. For a list of available sites
visit the New Jersey vaccine information hub at c
ovid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine.
<https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for-eligible-recipients>


For more information and updates on all Union County services during the
COVID-19 outbreak, including the Drive-Through Test Center at Kean
University, the Mobile Test Unit walk-up sites, vaccination information,
emergency food distribution and other support services, visit
ucnj.org/covid19.

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