COVID Booster Shots Available At This NJ Hospital Group: Patch PM

Good evening, North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. Effective immediately, all RWJBarnabas Health hospitals and vaccine clinics across the state are now offering a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine. (Read more on Patch)
2. Montclair is a "caring, welcoming community." And its arms are open to Afghanistan refugees seeking to start a new life in the United States, the town's mayor says. (Read more on Patch)
3. The first group of Afghan refugees arrived at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst overnight, federal officials announced, as U.S. efforts to evacuate Afghans continue in Afghanistan. (Read more on Patch)
4. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the first to be fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration beyond its emergency use authorization. With this approval made on Monday, state and federal officials are hoping it will give more residents the confidence to get vaccinated. (Read more on Patch)
5. Gov. Phil Murphy wants to be very clear to the parents of New Jersey: Parental notes will not exempt children from the latest mask mandate. (Read more on Patch)

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