NEW JERSEY (WABC) A vaccine phone line went up in New Jersey on Monday morning with 250 agents ready to answer calls and so far the response has been overwhelming.
The number to call is 855-568-0545. Callers can get questions answered, learn about where to get vaccines and go over eligibility.
The hotline will be open 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. every day.
In the first hour alone, the hotline received 17,000 calls. By noon, the hotline had received more than 58,000 calls.
Gov. Phil Murphy said he will continue to ensure an equitable distribution of the COVID vaccine across the state.
With the state s positivity rate being just over 10%, second doses become that much more important.
Health care workers who received their first dose 28 days ago are now getting their second dose as scheduled amid concerns of widespread availability in New Jersey.
A vaccine center in Newark at Essex County College, one of the first to be opened, will be administering second doses to those health care workers.
The state has six vaccine mega-sites open the most recent opening Friday in East Rutherford at the Meadowlands.
However, there are more people eligible to be vaccinated than there are available vaccines.