Hoboken Offers Walk-In COVID Vaccines Tuesday

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken said Monday that among its coronavirus vaccine clinics being offered this week, they will start allowing walk-ins at a clinic held Tuesday.

"Please note that Tuesday’s clinic at 605 Jackson St. with Medicine Man Pharmacy is now also a walk-in clinic," said Mayor Ravi Bhalla in an update on Monday, "with registration encouraged, but not required."

That location offers the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine, which was temporarily paused two weeks ago after 13 people reported blood clots out of 7.8 million shots. Use of the shot resumed last week — with a warning —and Hoboken resumed its use in various programs.

Hoboken also offers other vaccine clinics and programs using the Pfizer and Moderna two-shot vaccines. See the city's updated list of Hoboken vaccine sites and testing sites here.

Studies have shown that the vaccine is at least 95 percent effective against the virus, and among those who still get it, it's said to greatly reduce the chance of hospitalization and death.

While the rate of new coronavirus cases in Hoboken has been starting to decline for the first time since the winter holidays, the virus is also still taking lives. Bhalla said in an update on Monday that two recent coronavirus fatalities were reported to the city's health department in the past week. READ MORE: Hoboken Reports 2 More COVID Deaths.

Walk-in appointments are available here:

Hoboken Health Department/Medicine Man Pharmacy and Compounding. Location: 605 Jackson St. Who: Hoboken residents, Hoboken business employees Day: Tuesday, May 4 Time: 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm Vaccine offered: Johnson & Johnson (one-dose) Sign-up for an appointment (not required): hobokennj.gov/medicinemanvaccine ** Walk-ins now permitted **

• Other shots are available in Hoboken here.
• Find out where else to get vaccinated around Hudson County here.

Bhalla noted, "If you have not yet been vaccinated, please consider utilizing the options [here], which have more than enough supply to accommodate the demand."

Newest Hoboken statistics: Deaths, cases, and vaccinations

Bhalla said that as of Thursday evening, 25,088 Hoboken residents were provided with at least a first Moderna or Pfizer dose of the vaccine, or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot. Out of those, 14,399 are fully vaccinated.

The total population of people 18 and over in Hoboken is approximately 45,000, according to 2010 census numbers. With children, the population is 53,000. Only those 16 and up may be vaccinated as of this writing.

As of Monday, across the country, approximately 577,270 Americans have died of the virus. You can see which states had the highest death toll in the past week on this CDC map, and see how each county is doing with this CDC link.

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