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<p><strong>By Amaya Morales</strong></p>



<p>Managing Editor</p>



<p>In today’s edition, we will talk about Rutgers not requiring students to get the vaccine for next fall and the latest COVID-19 numbers.</p>



<p>A <a href="https://vimeo.com/502384549/10286f6cb1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">video</a> sent to Rutgers students and faculty assured viewers that it is safe to get vaccinated. However, the school will not mandate students&nbsp; getting the vaccine.</p>



<p>The Rutgers biomedical and health sciences senior vice chancellor Vicente Gracias hopes that Rutgers students “will decide to get the shots on their own,” <a href="https://www.nj.com/education/2021/01/rutgers-wont-require-covid-vaccination-wants-all-students-back-for-fall-semester.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">according to</a> nj.com.</p>



<p>Gracias also believes that everyone has the power to educate themselves and their community, NJ.com continued.&nbsp;</p>



<p>This spring, the school will continue to teach a majority of its courses virtually and will have fewer than 20% of its on-campus housing occupied, according to nj.com.</p>



<p><strong>COVID-19 Numbers</strong></p>



<p>As of this morning, there are 4,200 new COVID-19 cases in NJ and 357 of those are in Bergen County.</p>



<p>The following is the latest COVID-19 cases for yesterday and today.&nbsp;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><strong>Sat. 1/23/2021</strong></td><td><strong>Fri. 1/22/2021</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>New Jersey</strong></td><td>650,000</td><td>646,000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bergen County</strong></td><td>62,908</td><td>62,551</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p>*Numbers according to<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nj+covid+19&amp;oq=nj+covid+19&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i131i433l2j0i433j0i131i433j69i60l3.5418j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMwySk6OL8zJecTYwMgt8PLHPWGp8klrTl5jLOQS901NyUzOzEt1ySxOTSxO9clPTizJzM8T0uNic80rySypFFLhEpRCNUeDQYqfC1VISI2LA65XiotHikM_V9_ANC0rDaiYiwvO49nFxO2RmphTkhFcklhSvIhVxi-1XMErtag4tVLBOb8oPy-xLLOotFihGCQNABrAWL_CAAAA"> Google Statistics.</a></p>



<p>Stay tuned for more daily news updates tomorrow at 10 a.m.</p>



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