The hospital's goal is to provide education and remove any barriers that might prevent Camden's residents from making informed decisions about getting the inoculation.

For the week ending April 10, there were 10,743 people in the state who filed for unemployment; according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 19,875 people filed claims the week prior.

“The number of people who have been skittish about the vaccine has dropped as more Americans line up for the shot, but the hardcore group who want to avoid it at all costs has barely budged,” Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a prepared statement.

None of the mega-sites have been affected, nor was Hackensack Meridian Health in Bergen County, according to Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. "The large sites are keeping the appointments and filling them with Moderna or Pfizer," she said.

Monday's opportunity is a required first step to be considered for grant funding, according to the NJEDA, and will be open online until April 29 at 5:00 p.m. Applications will then formally open in May.

Legislation allocating $10 million to support child care services across the state is a key measure in helping working parents transition back to the workplace.

State health officials were expecting the Johnson & Johnson inoculation to make up 1 million of the 8.5 million doses expected by the end of June.

“[COVID-19] vaccine safety is a top priority for the federal government, and we take all reports of health problems following COVID-19 vaccination very seriously,” reads an April 13 morning tweet from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The organization will invest in United Way of Greater Newark’s public education campaign to improve confidence in the vaccine among Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), women, the homeless, youth aging out of foster care, undocumented residents and other communities.

April 12's figures are the lowest they have been in five weeks. The seven-day average was 3,173 cases, down 18% from last week but still 8% up from last month.

The state assistance is meant to help employers that have taken financial hits due to the slew of business closures and other public health restrictions amid the pandemic.

The antibody diagnostic uses the Abbott platform to help physicians recognize vaccine generated immunity versus autoimmunity from prior infection in patients.