Health & Fitness

NJ Health Care Workers Receive First COVID Shots At Essex County College

The Moderna vaccine rollout is underway in New Jersey.

(CBS New York)

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Officials in Essex County are starting to administer Moderna’s recently approved COVID vaccine.

The first doses were administered to health care workers at Essex Community College on Saturday, CBS2’s Christina Fan reported.

Heading into Christmas, New Jersey saw more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases. Essex County, since the beginning of the pandemic, has been the hardest hit.

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