Union County Coronavirus Vaccine Site List: Weekly Update

This story was updated at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26.

UNION COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey has been steadily expanding its public lists of COVID-19 vaccination sites. Besides registering for an appointment on the state's hub for any of the state's six megasites, the state also has been updating its list of various sites in each county (see the current Union County list below).

In addition to those locations, residents can try to find an appointment at their own local pharmacy, hospital, or medical office. Some of those sites are listed below.

For instance, earlier this month, the CVS and Rite Aid pharmacy chains announced that some of their locations would have vaccines:

• Rite Aid's signup list is here.
• CVS's site is here.

Also this month, Atlantic Health opened a vaccination site in Summit (See: New Coronavirus Vaccination Center To Open In Summit).

Seniors in Union County can call this number if they have no computer access: 908-613-7829, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 to 1 on Saturday.

Some in New Jersey have been helped by social media groups, like New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info on Facebook, which has 67,000 members.

Earlier this week, Patch reported that young people in Union County have started volunteering to use their tech skills to get elderly residents a shot. READ MORE: Westfield Teen's New Group Finds Coronavirus Vaccines For Seniors

Meanwhile, the state is expected to get shipments soon of the new Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccines. Read more here.

More information

Presently, the state's sites are vaccinating people in the 1A and 1B groups, including certain essential workers, seniors over 65, and people 16-65 with chronic medical conditions. Find out if you qualify by clicking this link.

As of this week, more than 500,000 Americans have died of the virus. (You can see which states had the highest death toll in the past week on this CDC map.)

Public vaccination sites in Union County

Here are the state's currently listed public vaccine sites in Union County. Not all of them have vaccinations available right now, but check their websites at various times.

Most of these sites are currently only vaccinating people 18 and up, so double check before heading over.

CVS Pharmacy
Elizabeth
18 years
(800) 746-7287
cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine

CVS Pharmacy
Union
(800) 746-7287
cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine

City of Elizabeth Health Department

418 Palmer St.

Elizabeth NJ, 07202
(908) 820-4250
Pre-register at https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/

Neighborhood Health Services - Plainfield

1700 Myrtle Avenue Plainfield
(908) 540-0229
nhscnj.org

Overlook Medical Center
99 Beauvoir Summit
Union
18 years

atlantichealth.org/

Rahway Health Department

1 City Hall Plaza Rahway
(732) 827-2000
cityofrahway.org

Riverside Medical Group Urgent Care Center Springfield
200 US Highway 22 Springfield
(973) 376-4341
riversidemedgroup.com

Robert Wood Johnson - Rahway
865 Stone Street Rahway
(732) 381-4200
rwjbh.org/covid19vaccine

ShopRite Pharmacy #163
76 Central Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
vaccines.shoprite.com

ShopRite Pharmacy Of Elizabeth
865 West Grand St
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
vaccines.shoprite.com

Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Thomas Dunn Sports Center 600 Pearl Street
Elizabeth
Union
18 years
(908) 994-8166

Union County - Kean University

1000 Morris Avenue Union, NJ 07083
ucnj.org/covid19/covid-19-vaccination/

Other information

• Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, are a new type of vaccine that doesn't include the weakened virus, but teaches human cells to make a protein that triggers the immune response (read more about that here).
• Gov. Phil Murphy reportedly said he'd like to start vaccinating the general public by Memorial Day.
• Here is the link to see the updated list of people eligible in New Jersey.

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Here are statewide coronavirus resources:

• NJ COVID-19 Information Hub: https://covid19.nj.gov/
• General COVID-19 questions: 2-1-1
• NJ COVID-19 hotline: (800) 222-1222

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