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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco met with Governor Murphy at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center to discuss the progress of vaccine administration .
Partnership between the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center offers drive-thru COVID-19 nasal swab rapid testing at Bergen Community College
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Paramus NJ, The County of Bergen, in collaboration with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center announce January 2021 dates for drive-thru COVID-19 rapid testing at Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, N.J.
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HACKENSACK NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco announces that the County of Bergen in partnership with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center have received 1000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and will begin distribution to Bergen County category 1A healthcare workers on Monday, December 28.
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco announces that the County of Bergen in partnership with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center anticipates the arrival of 1000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine within the next week. The CDC and State DOH have established the priority of vaccine recipients and these doses will serve Bergen County category 1A healthcare workers who have not received the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through their employer or the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long Term Care (LTC) Program administered through CVS and Walgreens. Last week, all five Bergen County hospitals received shipments of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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Paramus NJ, The County of Bergen, in collaboration with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center will extend their COVID-19 testing efforts by launching a new drive-thru program at Bergen Community College located at 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, N.J.
The program will offer antigen nasal swab rapid COVID-19 tests that provide results in 24 hours or less on the following days below for the month of December:
Continue reading DRIVE-THRU COVID TESTING SITE AT BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Paramus NJ, The County of Bergen, in collaboration with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center will extend their COVID-19 testing efforts by launching a new drive-thru program at Bergen Community College located at 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, N.J.
Continue reading BERGEN COUNTY TO LAUNCH DRIVE-THRU COVID TESTING SITE AT BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Paramus NJ, Care Plus Bergen, Inc., the organization that manages Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, has named Robert Pacicco of Leonia as the new Chairman of its Board of Trustees. At the same time, it renewed the contract of Bergen New Bridge’s President and CEO, Deborah Visconi, who has been at the helm of the Medical Center since October 2017.
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Paramus NJ, In May, the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center launched an innovative testing initiative bringing COVID-19 saliva testing and antibody testing directly into local communities throughout the county. Through the initiative, nearly 35,000 tests were administered, 25,311 of which were diagnostic and 9,123 antibody. An estimated combined 22,500 staff and volunteer hours were dedicated to support all aspects of the mobile testing to stop the spread. The Community COVID-19 Mobile Testing Program has paused operations for the summer and will ramp up again in early September.
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Ridgewood NJ, the debate has begun to rage over the accuracy of the COVID 19 numbers, both for deaths and number of cases . many claim there is an inconsistency with data collection with some states count presumed coronavirus deaths along with confirmed cases under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued last month and other states don’t count those deaths.
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco announces that 11,336 tests have been administered in the first five weeks of community mobile testing across Bergen County. According to results processed by Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, of the 8,147 COVID-19 saliva diagnostic tests and 3,189 COVID-19 antibody tests taken at mobile testing locations, only 2% of the saliva tests and 18% of antibody tests yielded positive results.
Next week, the community mobile testing program, which is available to all county residents thanks to a partnership between the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, will deploy to Alpine, Cresskill, Hasbrouck Heights, Mahwah, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Tenafly, & Wood-Ridge.
Continue reading BERGEN COUNTY MOBILE COVID19 PROGRAM, OVER 11,000 RESIDENTS TESTED AND COUNTING
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco announces that the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center will partner to bring mobile testing to communities across the county starting next Tuesday, May 12. This community mobile testing program will offer walk-up Saliva COVID-19 tests and COVID-19 Antibody tests to county and municipal residents as well as first responders, healthcare workers, and municipal or county employees who works in Bergen County with proof of employment.
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco has announced that the COVID-19 drive-thru test site at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is now open to all municipal employees who work in any of the County’s 70 municipalities regardless of residency by appointment seven days per week. Proof of employment within the municipality will be required. Moreover, the test site is also open to all County employees regardless of residency with proof of employment. All governmental employees must be symptomatic to be tested.
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site at BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER , New Bergen Bridge Medical Center is located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ. This is an APPOINTMENT ONLY site. Please note that this is a County operated site and is separate from the FEMA site located at Bergen Community College in Paramus.
Continue reading New Bergen County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site: BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER
Paramus NJ, Join us for a free informational program featuring Ariff Admani, MD, Chief of Infectious Disease, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, discussing what first responders and the community need to know.
Receive a free MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) screening/vaccination.
Please arrive at 5:15 p.m if interested in the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) screening/vaccination.
Light dinner served.NJ EMS CEUs pending.
Thursday, May 16 • 6 p.m.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center , 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, New Jersey 07652
