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Ridgewood NJ, Effective Monday, March 29, 2021, additional individuals that live, work, or are educated in New Jersey are now eligible to receive the vaccine.
New Jersey Expands Vaccine Eligibility
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Ridgewood Vaccine Waitlist
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You are receiving this email because this email address was used to either register yourself or someone else for a COVID-19 Moderna Vaccine through the Village of Ridgewood. Unfortunately, we are not receiving FIRST DOSE vaccine this week again, for the third week in a row. Therefore, we will not be administering first doses until at least the week of 4/5, depending on vaccine delivery. Second doses are not affected by this.
New Jersey Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccination Program
Expansion Includes Individuals Ages 55-64, Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Higher Education Workers, and Other Frontline Essential Workers and High-Risk Groups
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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include individuals ages 55-64, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, higher education educators and staff, and communications and utility infrastructure workers among others.
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US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Questions AstraZeneca COVID vaccine’s Efficacy Estimate
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, AstraZeneca announced preliminary results from a Phase 3 clinical trial for its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford. The trial included more than 32,000 participants in Chile, Peru, and the US, including 21,583 who received at least one dose of the vaccine. The press release reports an overall efficacy of 79% against any COVID-19 disease among all age groups and 80% efficacy for adults aged 65 years and older. Additionally, the press release describes 100% efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization. AstraZeneca explicitly noted that an independent review of the safety data “found no increased risk of thrombosis or events characterized by thrombosis” associated with the vaccine. Previous analysis of data from trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK estimated the overall efficacy to be 60%.
Critics Claim Murphy Administration Has Fumbled Covid Vaccine Rollout
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy said at the March 22nd press conference , “So our dashboard is showing a current total of 3,510,311 doses. We’ve gotten another half-a-million shots into arms in just one week. And importantly, there have been a total of more than 2.3 million first doses administered by either the Pfizer or Moderna two-step vaccines or of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That means that we are roughly halfway to our goal of — initial goal — of vaccinating 4.7 million individuals. And by the way, more than 1.2 million of those who live, work and study in New Jersey are now fully vaccinated.”
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New Jersey Leads the Nation in the Spread of COVID 19
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey’s autumn/winter surge peaked in early January and then leveled off briefly from February 19-February 26 before increasing again. Unlike many states, New Jersey’s daily incidence only declined 50%—from approximately 6,000 new cases per day** to 3,000—before rebounding. New Jersey is now reporting 3,980 new cases per day, higher than its first peak in April 2020, and increasing steadily.
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Valley Hits Milestone Administering 50,000 doses of COVID-vaccine
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Ridgewood NJ, It’s a milestone day for Valley Hospital! Valley has administered 50,000 doses of the Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines! They will continue to open up appointments as the vaccine becomes available. You can check appointment availability here: https://www.valleyhealth.com/vaccine.
Ridgewood residents who qualify according to the current guidelines, can register for Covid vaccine
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Ridgewood NJ, If you are a Ridgewood resident and qualify according to the current guidelines, please register for Covid vaccine here: https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/menu-health/covid-registration
Ridgewood receives a limited supply of vaccine and staff doing is working hard to schedule & administer as quickly as possible. Scheduled appointments will be confirmed via email. This may take several weeks and appointments are not guaranteed. If you register with Ridgewood and receive an appointment elsewhere, kindly email Covid@ridgewoodnj.net that you would like to be removed from the VOR list in the subject of the email. Remember to continue to look elsewhere for the vaccine.
New Jersey Expands Eligibility for New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include educators and staff in pre-k through 12th grade settings, childcare workers, and transportation workers, among others.
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Senator Declan O’Scanlon Announced a General Agreement Among Government Officials that Vaccinating Teachers Should be a Priority
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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) today announced that there is general agreement among government officials that vaccinating teachers should be a priority as soon as standards make them eligible.
Game Changer : Pfizer and BioNTech asks the FDA to allow their Covid-19 shot to be stored at normal pharmaceutical freezers
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Ridgewood NJ, In a potential game changer for vaccine distribution, Pfizer and BioNTech asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow their Covid-19 shot to be stored at temperatures found in normal pharmaceutical freezers. Up until now, the doses had to be stored in super-cold specialty freezers, complicating distribution.
UK Researchers Study the Efficacy of Vaccination Using Doses from 2 Different Vaccines
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security researchers in the UK are initiating a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of vaccination using doses from 2 different vaccines. Allowing (or potentially recommending) individuals to receive 1 dose each from 2 different vaccines could introduce flexibility into vaccination programs and potentially even increase the degree of protection from the vaccination. The UK government has allocated approximately £7 million (US$9.6 million) to fund the study, and early data could be available by this summer. The study aims to include more than 800 participants aged 50 years and older who have not yet been vaccinated.
MONMOUTH NATIONAL POLL: 1 IN 4 SAY ‘NO THANKS’ TO VACCINE
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West Long Branch NJ, More Americans express concern about the impact of Covid-19 now than at any time during the pandemic according to the Monmouth (“Mon-muth”) University Poll. President Joe Biden gets positive marks for his first steps in dealing with the crisis, although most continue to say the American public is not doing its part. A bare majority of the public is ready to get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is available to them, while others take a wait-and-see attitude and a sizable 1 in 4 say they will avoid getting the vaccine at all if they can help it.
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Governor Announces State Offices and Vaccine Mega-Sites Will Remain Closed on Tuesday, February 2nd Due to Winter Storm Orlena
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today announced that state offices and all six vaccine mega-sites will remain closed on Tuesday, February 2nd due to Winter Storm Orlena. New Jersey will remain under a state of emergency in response to the winter storm. Snow accumulation for the storm began as of Sunday afternoon, with the heaviest snow expected to continue during the day on Monday, and hazardous conditions to continue through Tuesday afternoon. Executive Order No. 218 declared a state of emergency across all 21 counties in New Jersey, allowing resources to be deployed throughout the state during the duration of the storm.
ALERT! Weather update regarding your COVID-19 vaccination appointment
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As New Jersey prepares for the first storm of 2021, we are writing to provide you important information regarding vaccine appointments over the next two days.
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