Hoboken Offers Saturday COVID Vaccine Clinic For Ages 12 And Up

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken will hold a walk-in coronavirus vaccine clinic this Saturday for both Hoboken residents and employees of Hoboken businesses, ages 12 and up.

The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 605 Jackson St. It's run by Medicine Man Pharmacy and the Hoboken Health Department.

The clinic will offer the two-dose Pfizer vaccine for those age 12 and up, and the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to those 18 and over. Children ages 12 to 16 must be accompanied by a guardian.

Walk-ins are welcome and no appointment is needed.

Last month, a CDC Panel recommended resuming the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reviewing reports of 13 women getting blood clots — three fatal — out of 7.98 million receiving the shot. The shot will now come with a warning. READ MORE: CDC Recommends Resuming Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.

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

The CDC said last week that it considers people "fully vaccinated" two weeks after their final shot.

Town, State, And National Statistics

As of Monday, 42 percent of Hoboken residents and 49 percent of Hoboken adults (18 and over) had been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, according to information from the state's COVID-19 dashboard. Also, 85 percent of Hoboken residents 65 and over have finished their vaccinations.

But while the number of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the virus as been declining, many people are just starting to get vaccinated, including teens. READ MORE: FDA Approves COVID Vaccine For Kids 12+: What It Means In NJ

Hudson County also is offering the Pfizer vaccine to kids 12 and up.

The CDC advised a week ago that fully vaccinated people — meaning, two weeks after their final shot — no longer had to wear masks, but included exceptions: "except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance." The state of New Jersey has not yet dropped rules about masks indoors.

Many still hospitalized

The state's daily death toll has not yet declined to the level of Sept. 8, when only 2 deaths were reported in one day, after a summer of lockdowns.

A week ago Thursday, Murphy Tweeted a positive update:

For the first time in over six months, our number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 has fallen below 1,000. With our numbers trending in the right direction, we can continue fighting back against this virus if we all get vaccinated. — Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 13, 2021

New Jersey's peak daily death toll on April 30, 2020 was 460 fatalities reported in one day. On Sept. 8, only 2 deaths were reported in one day.

As of Friday, 584,000 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.

Hoboken's case and hospitalization numbers have been dropping. READ MORE: Mayor Responds To Mask Guidance As COVID Cases Decline In Hoboken

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