Newark, NJ Coronavirus Updates & News For October 20 – Patch.com

A Hispanic Heritage Celebration will also include COVID vaccines. A brunch will honor breast cancer/domestic violence survivors.

NEWARK, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of United Community Corporation. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.West Side Park will be busy over the next week as United Community Corporation hosts a Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 21 and a Survivor’s Brunch for Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence survivors on Sunday, Oct. 24.The Hispanic Heritage Celebration runs from… Read more

While NJ has been named the top K-12 education system in the U.S., both gubernatorial candidates have different plans to move forward.

NEW JERSEY – Taxes and school funding are some of the first things that New Jersey voters keep in mind when they hit the ballot boxes, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has built his campaign on lowering property taxes and revamping the state’s school funding formula…. Read more

Smaller doses, smaller needles and larger initial availability will characterize the rollout of the COVID vaccine for young children in NJ.

NEW JERSEY – On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced its vaccine rollout plan for children in the 5-to-11 year old age group, noting that vaccine availability and distribution will look decidedly different than the initial rollout of the adult Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier this year…. Read more

The FEMA funding will help the county pay for previous pandemic-related expenses, including vaccine and testing sites.

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — More than $2.3 million is coming Essex County’s way to help it pay for a year-and-a-half of pandemic-related expenses, officials announced Monday…. Read more

About 94 percent of West Orange residents over 12 have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to recent statistics.

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange’s health department canceled a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic last week due to a “lack of registration,” officials said…. Read more

Hackensack Meridian gave its employees a deadline of Nov. 15 to be fully vaccinated. Atlantic Health System has no vaccine mandate.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — RWJ Barnabas, the second largest hospital system in New Jersey, has confirmed it fired 118 employees who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to the six supervisors it already fired for refusing the vaccine earlier this summer…. Read more