New COVID-19 vaccine site opens at the Bridgewater Commons Mall
State officials are marking the one year since it gave out its first vaccinations with a campaign to get more booster shots to people this holiday season.
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Dec 15, 2021, 10:21 AM
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State officials are marking the one year since it gave out its first vaccinations with a campaign to get more booster shots to people this holiday season.
The former Lord & Taylor store at the Bridgewater Commons Mall is a new mega vaccination site.
Gov. Phil Murphy marked the one year since the first vaccination was administered where that first shot was given – at the University Hospital in Newark.
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Hospitalizations in the state rose for the 13th straight day, nearing 1,700.
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