Ambulatory Care Technician Sady Ferguson gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Justin Sambol, senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, at University Hospital in Newark, N

Local COVID-19 Roundup: Slow Vaccine Rollout and UK Variant Detected

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 5, 2021

Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, and Karen Yi, WNYC reporter covering New Jersey, talk about the latest COVID news in our area including the vaccine rollout and the first case of the UK variant identified in New York State.

@BrianLehrer can your guest describe in what way the new variant is more contagious? Does it travel further or live longer in the air? Linger on surfaces?
— Sheri (@surfacewaters) January 5, 2021

@BrianLehrer NJ social worker here and I have an 11:40 am appointment today for vaccine! @essexcountycovid process works very well! (Hearing different stories from other counties though.)
— Girly Feminist (@luminosorubia) January 5, 2021

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