Photo Courtesy of CDC This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, depicts coronavirus. The spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion when viewed electron microscopically, which gives the virus its name.
ORANGE, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Chairperson Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith recently announced the second phase of a community-based vaccination partnership between the Murphy and Biden administrations to provide equitable access of the COVID-19 vaccine to underserved communities throughout New Jersey. The second phase of the program will bring an additional five community-based vaccination sites to the state, including to Orange.
In order to ensure equitable access in these high-need cities, these sites will operate as closed points of distribution for members of the immediate community only.
Vaccination appointments will be required and will be handled directly through partnering houses of worship, community organizations and local community leaders. Each site will coordinate with a health partner and vaccines will be dispensed from the state’s allocation. A vaccination support team from the Department of Defense will provide the clinical staffing at the sites and FEMA will provide non-medical support. Each site will be able to vaccinate approximately 1,800 people per week and vaccinations at each location will take place over a two-week period, followed by a return to administer second doses.
For more information, contact Michael Zhadanovsky at the governor’s office at Michael.Zhadanovsky@nj.gov.
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