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COVID vaccine: NJ pediatricians, family practices targeted


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More vaccine doses will be sent to New Jersey pediatricians and family practices as the state ramps up its vaccination campaign among adolescents and prepares for inoculating young children, possibly in the fall, state officials said Wednesday.
The move comes a day after Pfizer said it expects to request federal authorization in September or October to provide the vaccine to children ages 5 to 11, and a little later in the fall for younger children.
Moderna and Johnson & Johnson have also begun testing their vaccines on youngsters.
Vaccines have been allocated only to 180 primary care practices so far in New Jersey while more than 1,000 practices have requested them, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said at a briefing. ....

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NJ COVID vaccine rollout slow to include family doctors' offices


Nearly four months since the first COVID-19 vaccines were given to health care workers, distribution has slowly built to a network of 770 vaccination sites, many of them chain pharmacies.
While there are primary care doctors’ offices who have entered the fold, there’s frustration voiced by such family care practices that their pre-existing relationships with patients aren’t being prioritized as a point of vaccination.
“Primary care physician practices are receiving hundreds of calls each day from their patients asking if their practice has the vaccine and, if not, if they can be put on a list just in case they receive any,” the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians said in a written statement received Thursday by New Jersey 101.5. ....

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