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Here's How To Get COVID-19 Vaccinations In Ocean County

Here are tips to help you break through and get your vaccination appointment if you're struggling to find one.

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OCEAN COUNTY, NJ – New Jersey continues to update its publicly listed COVID-19 vaccination sites. In Ocean County, these are the current locations administering the vaccine.

The state's list includes some locations that accept appointments directly; others are operating through the New Jersey Vaccine Scheduling System. (See the Ocean County list of vaccine sites below).

While sites are listed, the limited supply of vaccine doses means you will have to check often for appointments. Readers have recommended checking frequently as some, such as the Ocean County Health Department, add appointments often throughout the day. New Jersey began receiving 230,000 doses a week last week.

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Not all sites distributing the vaccines are publicly listed because some are not open to the public, such as prisons and psychiatric hospitals.

You can register for a vaccine on the NJ Vaccine Scheduling System and you will be notified when appointments are available. You should receive an email confirming your registration and telling you which vaccine eligibility group you are in. The NJ registration system only applies to a handful of sites, including the mega-site at Rowan College in Gloucester County.

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Rite Aid, ShopRite, CVS and the multiple hospital systems all are taking registrations separately, and you may be able to find an appointment at sites outside Ocean County in one of those locations. For example, there are 10 Rite-Aid pharmacies in Burlington County that are offering vaccinations. Follow the Rite Aid link to register for any of them.

AtlantiCare is operating the mega-site for vaccinations at the Atlantic City Convention Center. It opens appointment availability three times a week, at 3 p.m. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays.

The New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info Facebook group has published a number of tips. Among them are following two Twitter accounts that identify vaccine appointment openings: Vaccine Bot NJ and VaxxUpdates.

The group also includes volunteers who will help people get vaccine appointments.

A user named Nidhi Segan posted the following steps to try to get an appointment at the Atlantic City site.

Go to this link: https://covidreg.atlanticare.org/ScheduleVaccine

Create your account ahead of time so you're prepared to take an appointment. Write down your user name and password, and be sure to type it correctly on the first try. Groups that have been helping people get appointments recommend going to the link at least an hour before the appointment times open. Once the appointments open you should see a message saying you're in the queue. When your queue number is current you will get a message that you are being re-directed to the site and then you need to enter your username and password. When you are trying to pick an appointment, don't pick the first on the list; by the time you will click, that appointment will be gone.

Here are the currently listed public vaccine sites in and near Ocean County:

CHEMED

Community Medical Center

CVS

CVS

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Long Beach Island Health Department

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Ocean County Health Department

  • RWJ Barnabas Healthcare Arena, Toms River, and Southern Regional Middle School, Manahawkin
  • Restricted to Ocean County residents only
  • For those 18 and older
  • 800-342-9738
  • ochd.org/covid19-vaccine/

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 10 Stockton Dr., Toms River
  • For those 18 and older
  • 732-363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 101 2nd St., Lakewood
  • For those 18 and older
  • 732-363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 798 Route 539, Little Egg Harbor Township
  • For those 18 and older
  • 732-363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Medical Center

Rite Aid

Rite Aid

Rite Aid

Rite Aid

Rite Aid

Southern Ocean Medical Center

ShopRite Pharmacy #649

ShopRite Pharmacy #656

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