Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli says New
Jersey is set to get a 30% increase in the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses
over the next three weeks.
Persichilli said Wednesday that the state’s allotment
of vaccines from the federal government will rise from about 100,000 doses a
week to 130,000 for three weeks.
"Still not in the end zone, the Biden team knows that, but the
intermediate steps they're taking for the couple of month horizon are also
really good,” says Gov. Phil Murphy. “We're slowly, but surely, I want to give
them a huge shout out and thanks. We're slowly but surely in the direction we
need to be going."
The boosted figure comes after President Joe
Biden announced Tuesday his administration would increase how much states got
by about 16%.
The state
will also get special equipment in order to get an extra dose out of Pfizer
vaccine vials, which means six doses in all.
AP wire services helped contribute to
this report.