Warren's Chelsea Senior Living To Begin COVID-19 Vaccines Friday

WARREN, NJ — The Chelsea at Warren will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccines to its residents and staff this coming Friday.

The senior living center at 274 King George Rd. in Warren is the first of the 16 Chelsea Senior Living communities in New Jersey to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Receiving the vaccine will be voluntary for residents and staff. However, Chelsea founder and CEO Herb Heflich and President and COO Roger Bernier both got the vaccines to set an example for their safety.

"We ask all of our residents and staff to help us keep everyone in our buildings safe and healthy," said Bernier. "To that end, we strongly urge everyone to be vaccinated. The vaccine has been exhaustively tested and approved by the FDA and CDC and is said to be at least 95 percent effective in preventing illness due to COVID-19."

The vaccine, given in two injections a month apart, will be administered by trained pharmacists from CVS, which is handling vaccines for thousands of long term care residents and staff nationwide

It is unclear when the vaccine will be available at other nearby Chelsea locations including in Bridgewater and Fanwood.

"All of our buildings are waiting to hear when their turn is from CVS Pharmacy, which is administering the vaccine to assisted livings in NJ and NY," said Chelsea Spokesman Tom Kranz.

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