Four of the six coronavirus vaccines have opened all over New Jersey to serve as vaccination centers.
The four locations currently open are the Moorestown Mall in Burlington County, Rowan College of South Jersey in Gloucester County, the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Middlesex County and Rockaway Townsquare in Morris County. Two additional sites will be opened later in East Rutherford and Atlantic City.
Each site currently offers the shot only to priority groups, including health workers, EMS teams, police officers and firefighters, people over 65, people with chronic health conditions and smokers. State officials said each location would eventually have the capacity to vaccinate thousands of people a week, but that is not currently because the federal government does not provide enough doses.
Many vaccine sites across the country do not show availability because demand does not meet demand. Government officials said more appointments would be available as New Jersey received additional vaccinations.
Here’s how to get an appointment on each site.
Moorestown Mall, Burlington County:
The Moorestown site, which was launched Friday, was chosen because of its proximity to Camden County. Anyone in the region can make an appointment. However, walk-in was not allowed.
To schedule an appointment, visit Virtua.org/vaccine and fill out the form. You will then receive a text or email containing a link to schedule your appointment.
You must bring a health insurance card if you have one, a federal, state or local identity card and identification card issued by the employer.
Information about the two-dose appointment will be provided in person during the initial appointment.
Answers to frequently asked questions can be found here.
Rowan College of South Jersey, Gloucester County:
The 30,000-square-foot facility in Sewell opened on January 8 and will be able to handle more than 2,000 people a day once vaccines become widely available in New Jersey.
According to the college’s website, registration is required to receive the two doses. A link to pre-register with the state can be found at RCSJ.edu/vaccine.
Vaccination times are 7 to 7 hours, 7 days a week.
People with appointments can enter the campus at 1400 Tanyard Road, although the North Campus Drive or the West Campus Drive and park in Lot E, then follow the cones to the Instruction Center.
New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, Middlesex County:
The Edison site, located at 97 Sunfield Avenue, is equipped with 20 vaccination stations and is open on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:00. It opened Friday.
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are administered at the site, but registrants cannot choose which vaccine they want.
Qualified individuals can fill out an entry form here on the RWJ BarnabasHealth website. You will then receive an email or text to schedule an appointment through a link to a scheduling program.
Due to the large number of requests, you will not get the link according to the website immediately. You will appear in a queue to receive the scheduling link based on the number of people who have requested a vaccine before you.
Rockaway Townsquare, Morris County:
The Rockaway site opened on Jan. 11 in the 30,000-square-foot Sears department store, at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall on Mt. Hooplaan. The vaccination center is on the lower level of the building.
Reservations must be made using an online registration form on the Atlantic Health System website, which can be found here.
According to their website, there are currently no appointments available, but you can sign up for appointment alerts. Scroll to the bottom of the page to log in for alerts.
Appointments for second doses will be made on site when the first dose is administered.
If you are a healthcare worker or working on the front line and qualify for the vaccine but have not yet been able to make an appointment, we would love to hear from you. Tell us your stories on us COVID tiplyn.
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