More New Jersey residents are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and there’s a push to reopen schools for in-person education. But there are concerns over coronavirus variants and Gov. Phil Murphy has said that further reopening will be delayed due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state.

On Chat Box with David Cruz, this week Dr. Shereef Elnahal, president and CEO of University Hospital, Newark, discusses the latest trends in the pandemic.

Watch Chat Box Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on NJ PBS.

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