Take A Video Tour Of COVID Vaccine Site At Essex County College – Patch.com

NEWARK, NJ — A video recently filmed in Newark gives residents a glimpse of what it’s like behind the scenes at one of Essex County’s COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Essex County is running five vaccination sites in Livingston, Newark, West Caldwell and West Orange. Each location only serves residents of certain towns. However, people who live in Newark can go to any of the sites. Read More: Essex County Coronavirus Vaccine Update (How, Where To Get A Shot)

Last week, County Commissioner President Wayne Richardson shared a video taken at Essex County College in Newark, which serves the cities of Newark, East Orange and Irvington – three of the hardest-hit municipalities in the county when it comes to the coronavirus.

In the video, site supervisor Manoucheka Gilles leads the viewer on a tour through the facility, pointing out efforts to keep things orderly and protect visitors and staff.

After making their way down multiple hallways and a long queue (for social distancing and sanitizing purposes), people arrive at the pre-screening area, where workers check their appointment info and make sure they qualify for a vaccine.

Once that’s done, visitors head to a registration area, where attendants take their screening numbers and verify their appointments. If it’s their first time, they get a vaccination card, which includes their return date for the second shot. For those arriving for their second dose, attendants fill out their cards as needed.

From there, it’s on to the actual vaccinations, which are administered in one of eight, separate booths. After the shots, attendants take down some more information and have visitors sit down to wait for 15 minutes to make sure they don’t have an allergic reaction.

At that point, if all checks out, visitors get some literature and information about the vaccination process and what to expect.

As of Thursday, local health care workers and volunteers have given out 63,675 first doses and 29,461 second doses over the past 46 days at the county’s five sites. It’s an effort that U.S. Sen. Cory Booker recently called a “national model” for success.