<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">From: Gaston, Pamela</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: Mobile Vaccination Units<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Statewide/Regional Mobile Vaccination Units<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> vaccines to the residents who have been the
hardest to reach.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">“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.”<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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..<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Union County<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">“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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Residents who would like to make an appointment at the
Union County Vaccine Center at Kean University can book an appointment online
at <a href="https://ucnjvaccine.org/" target="_blank">ucnjvaccine.org</a>.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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 <a href="https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for-eligible-recipients" target="_blank">c<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>ovid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine.</a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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 <a href="https://ucnj.org/covid19/" target="_blank">ucnj.org/covid19</a>. <span></span></span></p>
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