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Manasquan Rite Aid Is Identified As COVID Vaccine Site

The Manasquan store is among several in Monmouth County identified as COVID vaccine sites.

Rite Aid in Manasquan
Rite Aid in Manasquan (Google photo)

MANASQUAN — The Rite Aid location in Manasquan has been identified as a COVID-19 vaccine site, according to the company and state officials.

New Jersey added Rite Aid stores to its list of public COVID-19 vaccine sites for eligible recipients, and one of them is the pharmacy at 149 Main Street.

The state's vaccine hub website now has listed a number of Rite Aid stores in towns in New Jersey and asked people to sign up here: https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier

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Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed that 74 Rite Aid locations received vaccine shipments. State officials expected Rite Aid to only receive about 7,500 doses in the initial shipment. Read more: 74 Rite Aid, 27 CVS Pharmacies In NJ Beginning COVID-19 Vaccines

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The following locations will also become vaccine sites in Monmouth County:

Bayshore Medical Center

CentraState Medical Center

Community Health Center of Asbury Park

Freehold Family Health Center

HMH Jersey Shore U.M.C.

Keyport Community Health Center

Monmouth County Health Department

Monmouth Medical Center

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Ocean Health Initiatives

Red Bank Primary Care Center

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New Jersey is two months into inoculations. Before the process began, state officials made a goal for 70 percent of New Jersey's adults to get vaccinated in six months.

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