NEWARK - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has confirmed that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be administered Tuesday.
According to Gov. Murphy, the first 76,000 vaccines will be healthcare workers and long-term care residents and staff. In a tweet early Saturday, Gov.
Murphy wrote that he would be visiting the University Hospital of Newark alongside Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the hospital's CEO and president, and Dean Johnson of the Rutgers Medical School.
Anticipating the pending shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, University Hospital has created a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.