Where will vaccination clinics be located?
A. The Department has identified seven clinic sites. They will be in five regions (northeast, northwest, central east, central west, and south) and one in Newark, an MMRS site (Metropolitan Medical Response System). The southern region clinic will alternate between two locations. Department of Health and Senior Services staff will be assigned to each clinic location. Q. How many people can be vaccinated in a day? A. Initially, in the vaccination preparedness program, each clinic will be able to vaccinate up to 720 individuals per day. Each regional clinic will operate about one day a week for four weeks. Q. How many doses of vaccine does New Jersey have now? A. The Department of Health and Senior Services has received 5,000 doses of the 9,500 approved does of vaccine from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Stage 1 preparedness program. Q. Why is the number of vaccines less than the 15,000 New Jersey requested? A. New Jersey presented an aggressive plan