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New Jersey Begins COVID Vaccinations
One frontline worker in Newark has more than one thing to celebrate today. Registered nurse Maritza Beniquez was the first New Jersey recipient of the COVID-19 inoculation and she got the shot on her 56th birthday! News Four’s Brian Thompson has the latest on the beginning of New Jersey’s vaccination effort