TRENTON - Hours before the Food And Drug Administration gave its stamp of approval on the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, New Jersey was preparing for the highly anticipated and potentially life-saving vaccine.Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said Friday afternoon that New Jersey could begin vaccinating people shortly after the FDA greenlights the vaccine.
According to Persichilli, the turnaround time once final approval is given is just 24 hours.Health care workers and residents at long-term care facilities are expected to be the first groups to get the vaccine.Six hospitals across the state will have the vaccine “pre-positioned” so they can begin administering soon after approval is granted, she said.She didn’t.