The Atlantic City Convention Center
ATLANTIC CITY — The Atlantic City Convention Center 'mega' vaccination center is expected to open by the end of the month, state Department of Health officials said Tuesday afternoon.
"An opening date for the Atlantic City has yet not been announced," said Nancy Kearney, spokeswomen for the department.
The facility was one of six sites in the state announced for such purpose.
Other sites include the Meadowlands Complex in Bergen County, Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Morris County, New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Middlesex County, Moorestown Mall in Burlington County and Rowan College of South Jersey in Gloucester County.
So far the vaccination sites at Rowan College of South Jersey in Gloucester County and Rockaway Townsquare opened Jan. 8.
Last year, the Atlantic City Convention Center served as a COVID-19 field hospital early in the pandemic.
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Governor Murphy tours a field medical station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Respiratory specialist Samantha Yeung works inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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A patient room inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Governor Murphy tours a field medical station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Respiratory specialist Samantha Yeung works inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Gov. Phil Murphy tours a field medical station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center on Tuesday. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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A patient room inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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The Atlantic City Convention Center opened a regional field medical station April 21 to take on extra patients amid the spread of COVID-19.
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Governor Murphy, right, tours a field medical station alongside Mayor Marty Small Sr. at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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A view of a patient room inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Governor Murphy tours a field medical station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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A command center room is set up inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Mayor Marty Small Sr. tours a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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A view of a patient room inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Mayor Marty Small Sr. speaks with reporters during a field medical station tour at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Governor Murphy speaks with reporters and personnel following a tour of a field medical station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan tours the field medical station set up inside the Atlantic City Convention Center on Tuesday.
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A patient form inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Respiratory specialist Samantha Yeung walks by rows of patient rooms inside a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Atlantic City, N.J. The center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle patient overflow in response to COVID-19.
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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., left, wearing a Philadelphia Eagles mask, was among the officials who toured the new field hospital Tuesday with Murphy.
Nicholas Huba
Sports Editor
Started working in newsrooms when I was 17 years old. Spent 15 years working for Gannett New Jersey before coming to The Press of Atlantic City in April 2015.
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