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Mercer County Launches New Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Unit

The mobile unit will be used to vaccinate hard-to-reach populations, like the elderly or those without transportation.

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Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and Mercer County Park Commission Executive Director Aaron T. Watson outside the new mobile vaccination unit.
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and Mercer County Park Commission Executive Director Aaron T. Watson outside the new mobile vaccination unit. (Mercer County)

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Mercer County introduced its new mobile vaccination unit on Thursday. This unit will be ready for deployment in the next few days, once vaccinators get acclimated to it, the county said.

Penn Medicine Princeton Health will provide staff to operate the mobile unit, which will schedule community-based vaccination clinics at various locations throughout the county.

It will be used to vaccinate hard-to-reach populations, such as the elderly or those without transportation.

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The unit was on display as the County and Penn Medicine Princeton Health kicked off their COVID-19 vaccine partnership at a fixed clinic at the Mercer County Skating Center in Mercer County Park.

This site replaced the clinic at Mercer County Community College, which will single-dose and second-dose vaccinations through Saturday.

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Mercer County's other vaccination clinic, in collaboration with Capital Health, is at CURE Arena in the City of Trenton.

Here are some photos from the event, courtesy of Mercer County:

Brian Hughes and Bob Hartman, OEM coordinator, inside the mobile vaccination unit.
Vicente Perez Alfonso of East Windsor got his COVID-19 vaccine at the new site in Mercer County Park Skating Center.
Margaret DeFalco (right), Assistant Vice President, Administrative Services, who supervises vaccine operations at Princeton Health with a nurse.
A healthcare professional prepares the vaccine.

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