Union County COVID Vaccine Updates: New Sites And Eligibility

This story was updated at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 9

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Several new groups of New Jersey residents became eligible for the coronavirus vaccine last week and everyone over 16 will be eligible on April 19.

Besides registering for an appointment on the state's hub for any of the state's six megasites, the state has been updating its list of Union County sites (see this week's list below), including with community pharmacies in Westfield, Cranford, and more.

In addition, a FEMA megasite in Newark launched two weeks ago and is available for those who don't drive. READ MORE: Vaccine Site In Newark Also Serves Other NJ Towns

Also, this month, the state unveiled a new appointment tracker for residents. READ MORE: New Jersey Launches COVID Vaccine Appointment Finder

Chains like CVS, Walgreens Walmart, Sam's Club, Rite Aid, and ShopRite have been offering the shot. It's worth checking the sites several times daily, including early in the morning.

• Walgreens: https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp
• CVS: https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine
• Rite Aid: https://www.riteaid.com/covid-19

In February, 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.

The town of Westfield noted that it has been getting the vaccine to populations in underserved areas, and taking names of homebound seniors who need it. Homebound Westfield residents can call the Health Department at 908-789-4070 to receive more information about the homebound COVID-19 vaccination program. READ MORE: Westfield Partners With Groups To Get Vaccines To Residents

Other vaccine help:

• Some in New Jersey have been helped to find an appointment through social media groups, like New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info on Facebook, which has 67,000 members.
• Young people in North Jersey have started volunteering to use their tech skills to get elderly residents a shot. Register here: http://bit.ly/Gen2Gen-vaccines

Here are the currently listed public vaccine sites in Union County.

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

Note: Two new community pharmacies were added this past week. They are listed at the top of this list:

Colton's Pharmacy
851 Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth

18 years
908-353-8200

Rapps Pharmacy
611 Park Ave.

Plainfield

18 years

908-756-0008

Acme Pharmacy #1096

Kenilworth
Union
18 years
mhealthappointments.com/covidappt

Alexandria Pharmacy
327 N Broad Street

Elizabeth
18 years
908-469-9653

Bells Pharmacy
17 N Union Ave.

Cranford
18 years
908-276-0062

City of Elizabeth Health Department

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

CVS Pharmacy

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

CVS Pharmacy

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

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

Neighborhood Health Services - Plainfield

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

Overlook Medical Center
99 Beauvoir Summit
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 #159
Hillside
Union
18 years
vaccines.shoprite.com

ShopRite Pharmacy #163
76 Cenral Avenue
Clark
Union
18 years
vaccines.shoprite.com

ShopRite Pharmacy #164
Linden
Union
18 years
vaccines.shoprite.com

ShopRite Pharmacy #262
Union
Union
18 years
vaccines.shoprite.com

ShopRite Pharmacy Of Elizabeth
865 West Grand Street
Elizabeth
Union
18 years
vaccines.shoprite.com

Stop and Shop Pharmacy #0822
Elizabeth
Union
18 years
stopandshopsched.rxtouch.com/rbssched/program/covid19/Patient/Advisory

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/

Tiffany Natural Pharmacy

1115 S Ave. W, Westfield
18 years
908-233-2200
www.tiffanynaturalpharmacy.com...

Other information

• Find out if you're eligible now in NJ by clicking this link.
• As of this week, 550,000 Americans had died of the virus. (See how your county is doing with this CDC link.)
• Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including the two-dose 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). The one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is more traditional (see stories about all three vaccines here and here.) Doctors say that the important metric is that all three are effective in preventing serious illness and death from covid — and that having the majority of the public vaccinated, no matter which vaccine, will lessen the spread.

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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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