New Jersey Department of Health

PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

For Release:
January 29, 2018

Shereef Elnahal
Acting Commissioner

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Office of Communications
(609) 984-7160
Media Advisory: NJ Principal Deputy Health Commissioner Receives Flu Vaccination

Reminding Residents: It is Not Too Late to Vaccinate

On Wednesday, January 31, New Jersey Principal Deputy Commissioner of Health Jackie Cornell will join Sandra Hill, Executive Director/CEO of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center in New Brunswick, part of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to receive an influenza vaccination and remind residents to get their flu shot.

 

Deputy Commissioner Cornell will speak to patients and staff of the health center about the importance of getting vaccinated and steps they can take to prevent the spread of flu.

 

The event will begin at 1pm at Eric B. Chandler Health Center, 227 George Street, New Brunswick.

 

Eric B. Chandler Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center, which is owned and operated by Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

 

For more information about influenza, including where to find vaccine, visit the Department’s flu website at http://nj.gov/health/cd/topics/flu.shtml.