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Point Pleasant Boro Rite Aid Is Identified As COVID Vaccine Site

The Point Pleasant Boro store was among several in Ocean County identified as COVID vaccine sites.

Rite Aid in Point Pleasant Boro
Rite Aid in Point Pleasant Boro (Google photo)

POINT PLEASANT BORO — The Rite Aid location in Point Pleasant Boro 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 3258 Bridge Ave.

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 Ocean County:

CHEMED

Community Medical Center

Long Beach Island Health Department

Ocean County Health Department

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 10 Stockton Drive Toms River
  • (732) 363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 101 2nd Street Lakewood
  • (732) 363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Health Initiatives

  • 798 County Road 539
  • Little Egg Harbor
  • (732) 363-6655
  • ohinj.org

Ocean Medical Center

Rite Aid Store 02518

Rite Aid Store 03974

Rite Aid Store 10496

Southern Ocean Medical Center

ShopRite Pharmacy #649

ShopRite Pharmacy #656

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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