02/16/2021
Vaccinations at CVS locations in New Jersey will begin Thursday. As more supply becomes available, the company will administer vaccines at more locations and offer additional appointments.
Seventy Rite Aid locations in New Jersey will also become vaccine sites, according to state officials. The company hasn't yet announced which locations will make shots available:
https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/services/vaccine-central
** Who is eligible for vaccination at this time?
Currently, vaccines are available to the following groups:
Healthcare Personnel (Phase 1A)
Paid and unpaid persons serving in health care settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials, including, but not limited to:
Licensed healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists
Staff like receptionists, janitors, mortuary services, laboratory technicians
Consultants, per diem, and contractors who are not directly employed by the facility
Unpaid workers like health professional students, trainees, volunteers, and essential caregivers
Community health workers, doulas, and public health professionals like Medical Reserve Corps
Personnel with variable venues like EMS, paramedics, funeral staff, and autopsy workers
All workers in acute, pediatric, and behavioral health hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
All workers in health facilities like psychiatric facilities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and rehabs
All workers in clinic-based settings like urgent care clinics, dialysis centers, and family planning sites
All workers in long-term care settings like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, and others
All workers in occupational-based healthcare settings like health clinics within workplaces, shelters, jails, colleges and universities, and K-12 schools
All workers in community-based healthcare settings like PACE and Adult Living Community Nursing
All workers in home-based settings like hospice, home care, and visiting nurse services
All workers in office-based healthcare settings like physician and dental offices
All workers in public health settings like local health departments, LINCS agencies, harm reduction centers, and medicinal ma*****na programs
All workers in retail, independent, and institutional pharmacies
Other paid or unpaid people who work in a healthcare setting, who may have direct or indirect contact with infectious persons or materials, and who cannot work from home.
Long-Term Care Residents and Staff (Phase 1A)
All residents and staff of long-term and congregate care facilities, including:
Skilled nursing facilities
Veterans homes
Group homes like residential care homes, adult family homes, adult foster homes, and intellectual and developmental disabilities group homes
HUD 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program residences
Institutional settings like psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, county jails, and juvenile detention facilities (for eligible minors, e.g. 16+ years of age may be eligible for Pfizer vaccine under the emergency use authorization)
Other vulnerable, congregate, long-term settings
First Responders (Phase 1B)
Sworn law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders, including:
New Jersey State Police troopers
Municipal and county police officers
Campus police officers
Detectives in prosecutors' offices and state agencies
State agency/authority law enforcement officers (such as State Park Police and Conservation officers, Palisades Interstate Parkway officers, Human Services police, and NJ Transit police)
Investigator, parole and secured facilities officers
Aeronautical operations specialists
Sworn federal law enforcement officers and special agents
Bi-state law enforcement officers (such as the Port Authority)
Court Security Officers
Paid and unpaid members of firefighting services (structural and wildland)
Paid and unpaid members of search and rescue units including technical rescue units and HAZMAT teams
Paid and unpaid firefighters who provide emergency medical services
Paid and unpaid members of Industrial units that perform fire, rescue and HAZMAT services
Members of State Fire Marshal's Offices
Bi-state fire service personnel (such as the Port Authority)
Individuals at High Risk (Phase 1B)
Individuals aged 65 and older, and individuals ages 16-64 with medical conditions, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus. These conditions include:
Cancer
Chronic kidney disease
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Down Syndrome
Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2)
Sickle cell disease
Smoking
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Individuals who are pregnant and those in an immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant are also eligible but should follow CDC guidance and first discuss vaccination with their medical provider before receiving the vaccine.
https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj-information/slowing-the-spread/where-how-and-when-can-i-get-vaccinated
Who is eligible for vaccination next?
Additional frontline essential workers (Phase 1B)
Other essential workers and people living in congregate settings (Phase 1C)
General population (Phase 2)
This group was designated as 1B, and will likely be next:
Foodservice workers
Port Authority workers
New Jersey Transit workers
Teachers, staff, and childcare workers
Workers who support radio, print, internet and television news and media services
Other critical workers (CISA)
Other essential workers
This group was originally designated as 1C:
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as colleges and universities
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as migrant workers
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings - other tribal populations
Other people at high risk of COVID-19 illness due to comorbidities, occupations, demographics, etc.
NOTE: Vaccination phases are tentative and subject to change. The movement between vaccination eligibility phases may be fluid. One phase may overlap with another. Not all individuals in each phase will be vaccinated before opening to additional groups, and not all groups within a specific phase will be made eligible to receive the vaccine at the same time.
Officials note that Garden State residents will not be able to receive a vaccine if any of these conditions apply on the day of appointment:
If you have experienced any of the following symptoms in the past 48 hours: fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
If, within the past 14 days, you have been in close physical contact (six feet or closer for a cumulative total of 15 minutes) with someone who has laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms.
If you are isolating or quarantining because you may have been exposed to a person with COVID-19 or are worried that you may be sick with COVID-19.
If you are currently waiting on the results of a COVID-19 test.
Anyone that falls under these categories are asked to cancel their appointment.
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