The list of those eligible to receive the COVID-19 grows on Monday to include all adults age 55-64 regardless of employment or medical condition.
The supply of vaccine in New Jersey received from the CDC for the state to distribute is increasing as the state expects over a half million doses to arrive this week including 131,600 of the single shot Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine.
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Retailers such as CVS, Walgreen and Walmart receive their supply separately via the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
As of Sunday, almost 3 million people had received their first dose and 1.7 million were fully vaccinated, according to the state Department of Health dashboard.
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NEWARK If you ve been trying and trying to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination, this is your lucky weekend.
The new FEMA-run vaccination center at NJIT s Naimoli Family and Athletic Facility on Lock and Bleeker streets will be accepting walk-ins for eligible people on Saturday and Sunday until 6 p.m. each day.
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It is the largest vaccination center in the state, which can administer 6,000 doses per day at dozens of stations in the facility s tennis center.
It will administer the Pfizer vaccine for the first six weeks it is open with Johnson & Johnson s Janssen vaccines given for the final two weeks.