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Here's Where To Get Vaccinated For COVID-19 Near Jefferson
NJ is expanding the number of COVID-19 vaccination sites. Here's where you can get one now —if you qualify.
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The state's top health official have committed to greatly expand the number of publicly listed COVID-19 vaccination sites now that the number has already grown to over 120, and many of them are in our area.
Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, speaking to NJ Spotlight News, said on Saturday that the state plans to increase the number of vaccination sites to 300. She didn't provide a timetable, but state officials have said the goal is to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population by the spring.
Here are the sites available near Jefferson:
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Morris County Mega Site
Rockaway Townsquare Mall
301 Mount Hope Avenue
Rockaway, NJ
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ShopRite Pharmacy of Flanders
90 Bartley Flanders Rd.
Flanders, NJ 07836
(973) 252-1940
ShopRite Pharmacy Of Greater Morristown
178 East Hanover Ave.
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
(973) 829-6820
ShopRite Pharmacy #297
60 Beaverbrook Rd.
Lincoln Park, NJ 07035
(973) 694-7141
Zufall Health Center - Dover
18 W Blackwell St
Dover, NJ 07801
(973) 328-3344
Zufall Health Centers - Morristown
4 Atno Ave.
Morristown NJ 07960
Morris (973) 267-0002
www.zufallhealth.org
Persichilli also said New Jersey currently doesn't have a lot of vaccine availability, but she expects that to change soon. The incoming Biden presidential administration has said that it plans to greatly expand the number of vaccine doses available to the American public.
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