Volunteers From Maplewood, Other Towns Needed For Vaccine Centers – Patch.com

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Essex County will soon be receiving Covid-19 vaccinations to be administered to residents of the community in phases. There will be five vaccination centers located in Essex County.

As of Sunday, more than 316,000 Americans have passed away from coronavirus.

The county is currently seeking individuals from Maplewood and other Essex County towns who would be interested in volunteering to assist at the vaccination centers.

Anyone who would like to volunteer at any of the sites will assist with administrative roles. Also, volunteers with a nursing/medical background are in need to assist with inoculation. Volunteers who are working at any of the sites will receive full PPE and priority to receive a Covid-19 vaccine if they choose.

The centers are anticipated to operate Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for about three to six months. Each site will be able to vaccinate 1,000 people per day.

Every effort will be made to have volunteers assigned to the vaccine center location within their municipality.

Vaccine center locations in Essex County will include Newark, West Orange, West Caldwell, and Livingston Mall.

Who will get the vaccine?

Last week, New Jersey reached its highest death toll in six months from the virus, or 97 people in one day.

At the height of the crisis in New Jersey, when testing and PPE were scarce, 460 people died from the virus in 24 hours on April 30.

The death rate had, for several months, been plummeting as people stayed inside and took precautions. Back on Sept. 8, the state announced two new deaths confirmed in 24 hours.
But deaths began rising again with gatherings, reopenings, and travel to states with higher transmission.

Doctors have said that a number of factors are contributing to the fact that the daily death rate is still lower than spring, including people getting test results (and thus treatment) sooner, more protective equipment available in hospitals, and doctors becoming better able to treat the virus. However, the virus still can have long-term effects.

In total, more than 16,000 people in New Jersey have now passed away from the virus.

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