Covid-19 Vaccination Centers Are Up and Running in Essex County

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (center) poses for a photo with the nurses. With them are Essex County Health Educator Sharon Guerrero, NJ State Senator and Deputy Chief of Staff Teresa Ruiz, Deputy Chief of Staff William Payne and Health Officer Maya Lordo

Essex County Executive Divincenzo Announces Covid-19 Vaccination Centers Are Up and Running!

To Make an Appointment, Visit www.EssexCOVID.org or Call 973-877-8456

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (right) speaks with volunteers working at the Essex County Vaccination Center at the Sears building in the Livingston Mall

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. is encouraging all Essex County residents to get vaccinated for the Coronavirus. To make an appointment at one of Essex County’s five vaccination centers, please visit EssexCOVID.org or call 973-877-8456.

“Receiving the vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel and getting vaccinated will help tremendously in stopping the spread of the Coronavirus. But in order for this to work, more than 70 percent of the population needs to be inoculated so we as a community can develop herd immunity,” DiVincenzo said. “Think of the thousands of Essex County lives lost and the countless numbers of family members and friends impacted by this deadly virus. Please join us in this effort to stop the spread of this virus by getting vaccinated,” he added. Essex County has set up five vaccination centers. The locations and the municipalities served at each site are as follows: • Former Kmart building, 235 Prospect Avenue, West

Orange: West Orange, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells,

Montclair, Newark, Nutley and Verona. • Livingston Mall, former Sears building, 112

Eisenhower Parkway, Livingston (Entrance is in the back): Livingston, Belleville, Maplewood, Millburn,

Newark, Orange and South Orange. • Essex County West Caldwell School of Technology, 620 Passaic Avenue, West Caldwell: West Caldwell,

Bloomfield, Caldwell, Fairfield, Glen Ridge, Newark,

North Caldwell and Roseland. • Essex County College, 303 University Avenue, Newark (Gym entrance on West Market Street): Newark,

Belleville, East Orange, Irvington and Orange. • Essex County Donald M. Payne, Sr. School of

Technology, 498-544 West Market Street, Newark:

Newark, East Orange, Irvington and Orange. Residents of Newark can make an appointment at any of the five sites because of the size of the city’s population.

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Member of NJ Landscape Contractors Assoc. NJ Turfgrass Assoc. / Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (continued from 29) Essex County College, the Kmart building and the Sears building are open Monday to Saturday from 10am-6pm. The West Caldwell School of Technology is open Monday to Saturday from Noon-7pm. The Donald Payne School is open Monday to Friday from 4-7pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm.

Limited doses of the vaccine are available, and Essex County is following guidelines established by the State Department of Health to ensure the vaccine is distributed in a fair and equitable manner until larger quantities of the vaccine become available.

To help residents who do not have access to computers, Essex County was the first in New Jersey to set up a call center. There currently are as many as 30 people staffing the call center Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm and Saturday from 8am to 6pm. The call center can be reached at 973-877-8456.

DiVincenzo also spoke favorably about the many partnerships it took to get the program up and running and the large number of residents who reached out to volunteer at the vaccination centers.

“Thank you to our Essex County Board of Commissioners, Sheriff Armando Fontoura, our municipal mayors, public health officers and emergency management personnel for working with us to get our vaccination centers open and operational. This partnership demonstrates how Essex County comes together in times of crisis to help our residents,” the County Executive said.

Additional support is also provided by RWJBarnabas Health, University Hospital, Essex County College, NJIT, Montclair State University, Caldwell University, Seton Hall University, Rutgers University and the Filipino Nurses Association.

He added that he was overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from residents. “Operating our five centers every day requires a small army of over 300 people. I appreciate all the people who have put aside their daily routines and

Dr. Naipaul Rambaran, a doctor from the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove, receives the second dose of the vaccine. Dr. Rambaran was in the first group of people to receive the first dose when Essex County opened its vaccination sites on December 26.

responsibilities and to work alongside us to help others. It is because of their efforts that we have been able to provide professionally and efficiently run vaccination centers,” the County Executive said. “I continue to receive positive feedback from those who have been vaccinated at one of our sites. They comment about how friendly and personable everyone is and how well organized we are,” he added.

Essex County currently is providing the Moderna vaccine. Vaccinations will be given in two doses. Residents making reservations to receive the vaccination will receive two appointments; the second appointment will be 28 days after the first appointment. It is critical that residents attend both appointments.

Residents will be asked to provide their medical insurance information and their insurance provider will be billed $16.94 for the first dose and $28.39 for the second dose. If a resident does not have insurance, the cost of the vaccine will be covered by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Provide Relief Fund. There will be no out-of-pocket expenses charged to residents.

Each vaccination site is set up in a similar fashion. Residents entering the site will first be pre-screened to verify they have an appointment. Those who do not have an appointment will not be allowed to receive the vaccine that day. Residents

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will then proceed to a registration table where they will be provided with their paperwork for their visit and receive a card to remind them about their second appointment. After being inoculated with the vaccine, residents will be required to wait 15 minutes while they are monitored for any side effects.

Social distancing guidelines are followed at every site and areas are sanitized on a regular basis throughout the day.

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