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FEMA megasite gives 6,200 COVID-19 shots on first full day
Clip: 3/31/2021 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
It's a critical mission, health officials say, as another COVID-19 wave starts to build.
Some 6,200 people filed through FEMA's massive megasite in Newark on its first full day of operation and got their initial dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, plus an appointment for the second shot. While residents came from across NJ, the site's aimed at putting a lot more shots in vulnerable brown and Black arms in Newark, where only 6.7% of residents are inoculated.
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FEMA megasite gives 6,200 COVID-19 shots on first full day
Clip: 3/31/2021 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Some 6,200 people filed through FEMA's massive megasite in Newark on its first full day of operation and got their initial dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, plus an appointment for the second shot. While residents came from across NJ, the site's aimed at putting a lot more shots in vulnerable brown and Black arms in Newark, where only 6.7% of residents are inoculated.
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