Warren County Weekly COVID Vaccine Update: How Many Doses Given

Hackettstown NJ

01 April, 2021

2:37 PM

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WARREN COUNTY, NJ - The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues to increase in the Garden State as the much-maligned roll out continues. The New Jersey Department of Health has logged 4,300,375 vaccine doses administered as of noon Thursday, including 2,778,070 who have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine and 1,608,433 fully vaccinated people. In Warren County the breakdown is 43,465 doses administered which is segmented into 27,707 first doses and 16,439 second doses. Starting Monday, additional frontline essential workers are eligible to book vaccine appointments: Food production, agriculture and food distribution (including grocery store and restaurant workers)Eldercare and supportWarehousing and logisticsSocial services support staffElections personnelHospitalityMedical supply chainPostal and shipping servicesClergyJudicial system Who's already eligible? Paid and unpaid healthcare workersResidents and workers of long-term care and high-risk congregate care facilitiesFirst responders including sworn law enforcement and fire professionalsIndividuals aged over 65Individuals aged 16-64 that have certain medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virusPre-K to 12 educators and staffChildcare workers in licensed and registered settingsTransportation workersAdditional high-risk individualsAdditional public safety workers Who becomes eligible April 5? Individuals 55 and overIndividuals ages 16 and up with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesEducators, including support staff, in higher education settingsCommunications infrastructure support, including engineers, and technicians and members of the pressReal estate, building, and home service workers, including construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management and maintenance workersRetail financial institution workers, including bank tellers, lending services, public accounting and check-cashing workersSanitation workers providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workersLaundry service workers, including those working in laundromats, laundry services and dry cleanersUtility workers including electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone and cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workersLibrarians and support staff at municipal, county and state libraries Other Ways To Find Appointments Patch has gathered tips that may help for securing vaccine appointments and websites with additional information: Join the New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info Facebook group. The group gives New Jerseyans the opportunity to share up-to-date information on vaccine availability.Follow VaxxUpdates on Twitter. The page helps Garden State residents secure vaccine appointments with instant updates on availability.CVS and Rite Aid began scheduling COVID-19 appointments at locations that will receive vaccines. But appointments fill up quickly. CVS, Rite Aid and Walmart have expanded their number of sites. Read more: CVS Adding 30 COVID-19 Vaccine Sites In New JerseyCentraState Healthcare System in Freehold periodically opens registration. They will email a link when you're eligible for an appointment.Check out the COVID-19 Vaccine Registration FAQ from RWJBarnabas Health.You can sign up at their website to be alerted when the vaccine becomes available in your area.ShopRite sometimes has a wait time to access its vaccine scheduler, but it allows the public to make appointments.New Jersey opened up its own COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Finder. The beta version is available now, but officials say it will improve and become more useful as supply creeps up to meet demand. For more vaccine information, visit our New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccination Hub. Thanks for reading! Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Have a news tip you'd like to share? Got photos? Please include express written permission from the photographer for us to use them. Or maybe you have a press release you would like to submit or a correction you'd like to request? Send an email to [email protected] Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter. You can also have them delivered to your phone screen by downloading, or by visiting the Google Play store.