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COVID Vaccine: Teenage First Responders In New Jersey Excited About Receiving First Pfizer Dose

Some of New Jersey's youngest eligible residents were vaccinated Thursday in Union County.

February 11, 2021

ELIZABETH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Some of New Jersey’s youngest eligible residents were vaccinated Thursday in Union County.

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The teenagers are EMS volunteers.

Natalia Kruk is a 17-year-old cadet for Cranford’s First Aid Squad.

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“I’m getting my first round of the Pfizer vaccine, not only protecting me but it is also protecting my grandparents and my family,” she told CBS2’s Meg Baker.
The high school senior is one of several 16- and 17-year-old EMS volunteers to be vaccinated at Trinitas Medical Center in Elizabeth.


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