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Morris Co. COVID Vaccine Update: More Eligibility, Booking Help

While there might be more places offering inoculations in the area, but now more people are able to get their shots than ever before.

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While there might be more places offering inoculations in the area, but now more people are able to get their shots than ever before.
While there might be more places offering inoculations in the area, but now more people are able to get their shots than ever before. (Kim Potter)

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations in New Jersey continues to increase. But the Garden State continues to deal with issues in its vaccine rollout.

The New Jersey Department of Health has logged 4,300,375 vaccine doses administered as of noon Thursday, including 2,778,070 who have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine and 1,608,433 fully vaccinated people.
In Morris County the breakdown is 314,602 doses administered which is segmented into 198,862 first doses and 119,599 second doses.

Starting Monday, additional frontline essential workers are eligible to book vaccine appointments:

Find out what's happening in Mendham-Chesterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Food production, agriculture and food distribution (including grocery store and restaurant workers)
  • Eldercare and support
  • Warehousing and logistics
  • Social services support staff
  • Elections personnel
  • Hospitality
  • Medical supply chain
  • Postal and shipping services
  • Clergy
  • Judicial system

Who's already eligible?

  • Paid and unpaid healthcare workers
  • Residents and workers of long-term care and high-risk congregate care facilities
  • First responders including sworn law enforcement and fire professionals
  • Individuals aged over 65
  • Individuals aged 16-64 that have certain medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus
  • Pre-K to 12 educators and staff
  • Childcare workers in licensed and registered settings
  • Transportation workers
  • Additional high-risk individuals
  • Additional public safety workers

Who becomes eligible April 5?

Find out what's happening in Mendham-Chesterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Individuals 55 and over
  • Individuals ages 16 and up with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Educators, including support staff, in higher education settings
  • Communications infrastructure support, including engineers, and technicians and members of the press
  • Real estate, building, and home service workers, including construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management and maintenance workers
  • Retail financial institution workers, including bank tellers, lending services, public accounting and check-cashing workers
  • Sanitation workers providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workers
  • Laundry service workers, including those working in laundromats, laundry services and dry cleaners
  • Utility workers including electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone and cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workers
  • Librarians and support staff at municipal, county and state libraries

Here are the sites available in Morris County:

Morris County Mega Site

  • Rockaway Townsquare Mall
  • 301 Mount Hope Avenue, Rockaway
  • The website

Chilton Medical Center

ShopRite Pharmacy of Flanders

ShopRite Pharmacy Of Greater Morristown

ShopRite Pharmacy #297

ShopRite Pharmacy #443

RMG Urgent Care Center - Ledgewood

  • 501 Route 10, Ledgewood
  • 973-584-6751

CVS, Chatham

CVS, Ledgewood

CVS, Rockaway

CVS, Dover

CVS, Lincoln Park

CVS, Mendham

CVS, Parsippany

CVS, Ledgewood

Rite Aid, Morristown

Rite Aid, Denville

Rite Aid, Lake Hiawatha

St. Clare's, Denville and Dover

  • no additional info on state website

Summit Medical Group

Zufall Health Center

Acme Pharmacy #1099

Acme Sav-on Pharmacy

Acme Sav-on Pharmacy

Acme Sav-on Pharmacy

Wegmans Pharmacy #128 Parsippany

Weis Pharmacy #234 Flanders

Weis Pharmacy #136

Ways To Find Appointments

Patch has gathered tips that may help for securing vaccine appointments and websites with additional information:

For more vaccine information, visit our New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccination Hub.

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