N.J. offers COVID vaccines without an appointment. Here’s how to get a shot.
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Michael Glenn, a paramedic with ParaDocs, injects Tory Aunspach, owner of restaurants Hooked JC and Cafe Alyce, with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine inside the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management s Community Resource Unit.
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New Jersey residents looking for a coronavirus vaccine can likely find an opportunity to do so without traveling too far and may not even need to make an appointment, as vaccine availability increases and the number of people seeking shots decreases.
Vaccine sites that have started accepting walk-in appointments include the 324 CVS locations and 68 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations across the state, both of which began taking walk-ins earlier this week. All six of New Jersey’s coronavirus vaccine mega-sites are also offering walk-in appointments.
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A person waits in line at the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton for a COVID-19 vaccine.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus as vaccine appointments continue to open across the state.
All New Jersey residents ages 16 and older are eligible for the vaccine. Individuals ages 16 and 17 must schedule an appointment to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the only vaccine in the United States approved for ages 16 and older. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are recommended for residents ages 18 and older.
No hospital in New Jersey received a failing grade in the latest round of safety scoring released by The Leapfrog Group. But more than a dozen facilities fell short of an A or B grade.
In the spring 2021 report released Thursday, 26 of New Jersey s 68 acute-care hospitals (38%) received an A for their ability to protect patients from avoidable infections, injuries and errors. Another 38% received a B from Leapfrog, a nonprofit watchdog organization representing health care consumers and purchasers.
Ten hospitals improved upon their grade from fall 2020, and four hospitals moved down a grade.
Based on the percentage of A grade hospitals, New Jersey moved from 17th to 14th in the nation. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, located in Livingston, is one of just 27 hospitals in the country to have achieved straight A grades since Leapfrog began grading in 2012.
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston maintained its straight-A streak since the Leapfrog Safety report card began in 2012. It is one of only 27 in the country to earn an “A” in each of the 19 report cards.
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New Jersey hospitals ranked 14th safest in the country based on how well they prevented infections, accidents and errors and communicated with their patients, the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card released on Thursday found.
The scores for 68 acute care hospitals 26 A’s, 26 B’s, 15 C’s and one D helped New Jersey improve its standing from last fall, when it was 17th best, according to the report. Ten hospitals improved a grade and four hospitals slipped a grade. No hospital flunked. East Orange General Hospital scored the lowest with a D, the report said.
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