Public health experts say New Jersey’s high vaccination rate against COVID-19 has helped stave off caseload surges like we’re seeing in other parts of the country. In an interview with NJ Spotlight News, Dr. Perry Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers University School of Public Health, explains why he is concerned the start of the school year may change that.
Concern that new school year could impact NJ’s COVID-19 caseloads
Interview with Dr. Perry Halkitis, Dean of Rutgers University School of Public Health
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An Emmy award-winning journalist, Briana Vannozzi serves as the anchor for NJ Spotlight News, the newsroom of NJ PBS. She's worked in several capacities since joining the news division in 2012, as interim anchor and senior correspondent after years of general assignment reporting as a multimedia journalist. Vannozzi began her television journalism career by cutting her teeth on New Jersey State House politics for New Jersey Network News, and later as a news radio correspondent at FM News 101.9 covering crime and politics in New York City. Her work has taken her to national presidential nominating conventions, Capitol Hill, up and down the East Coast and every corner of the Garden State. She's interviewed every New Jersey governor dating back to Jon Corzine and moderated numerous political debates and forums. Her work has also earned awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists and the Philadelphia Press Association. A Burlington County native, she's honored to be serving and covering her home state and raising her family there.