Middlesex County COVID-19 Vaccination

COVID-19 Vaccination Qualifications

Middlesex County is following the priority group phases designated by the CDC. If you do not fall within the following categories, you are not eligible for vaccination at this time. Please be sure to check back as CDC releases new phases and guidelines.

Healthcare Personnel (Phase 1A)

Paid and unpaid persons serving in health care settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials, including, but not limited to:

• Licensed healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists
• Staff like receptionists, janitors, mortuary services, laboratory technicians
• Consultants, per diem, and contractors who are not directly employed by the facility
• Unpaid workers like health professional students, trainees, volunteers, and essential caregivers
• Community health workers, doulas, and public health professionals like Medical Reserve Corps
• Personnel with variable venues like EMS, paramedics, funeral staff, and autopsy workers
• All workers in acute, pediatric, and behavioral health hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
• All workers in health facilities like psychiatric facilities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and rehabs
• All workers in clinic-based settings like urgent care clinics, dialysis centers, and family planning sites
• All workers in long-term care settings like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, and others
• All workers in occupational-based healthcare settings like health clinics within workplaces, shelters, jails, colleges and universities, and K-12 schools
• All workers in community-based healthcare settings like PACE and Adult Living Community Nursing
• All workers in home-based settings like hospice, home care, and visiting nurse services
• All workers in office-based healthcare settings like physician and dental offices
• All workers in public health settings like local health departments, LINCS agencies, harm reduction centers, and medicinal marijuana programs
• All workers in retail, independent, and institutional pharmacies
• Other paid or unpaid people who work in a healthcare setting, who may have direct or indirect contact with infectious persons or materials, and who cannot work from home

Long-Term Care Residents and Staff (Phase 1A)

All residents and staff of long-term care facilities, including:

• Skilled nursing facilities
• Veterans homes
• Assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and personal care homes
• Group homes like residential care homes, adult family homes, adult foster homes, and intellectual and developmental disabilities group homes
• HUD 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program residences
• Institutional settings like psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, county jails, and juvenile detention facilities (for eligible minors, e.g. 16+ years of age may be eligible for Pfizer vaccine under the emergency use authorization). MIDDLESEX COUNTY IS CURRENTLY ONLY USING MODERNA VACCINE AND YOU MUST BE 18 OR OVER TO RECEIVE IT.
• Other vulnerable, congregate, long-term settings

First Responders (Phase 1B)

Sworn law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders, including:

• New Jersey State Police troopers
• Municipal and county police officers
• Campus police officers
• Detectives in prosecutors' offices and state agencies
• State agency/authority law enforcement officers (e.g. State Park Police and Conservation Officers, Palisades Interstate Parkway Officers, Human Services police, and NJTransit police)
• Investigator, Parole and Secured Facilities Officers
• Aeronautical Operations Specialists
• Sworn Federal Law Enforcement Officers and Special Agents
• Bi-State law enforcement officers (e.g. Port Authority)
• Court Security Officers
• Paid and unpaid members of firefighting services (structural and wildland)
• Paid and unpaid members of Search and Rescue Units including technical rescue units and HAZMAT teams
• Paid and unpaid firefighters who provide emergency medical services
• Paid and unpaid members of Industrial units that perform Fire, Rescue and HAZMAT services
• Members of State Fire Marshal's Offices
• Bi-State Fire Service Personnel (e.g. Port Authority)

Individuals at High Risk (Phase 1B) (effective 1/14/21)

Individuals aged 65 and older, and individuals ages 16-64 with medical conditions, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus. These conditions include:

• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Down Syndrome
• Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
• Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
• Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2)
• Sickle cell disease
• Smoking
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus

For more information and resources on COVID-19, please visit:

http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/covid19

You MUST review the fact sheet for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.modernatx.com/covid19vaccine-eua/eua-fact-sheet-recipients.pdf

You MUST review the FDA overview of the Moderna COVID-9 vaccine: https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/moderna-covid-19-vaccine

You MUST print and complete the first page of the CDC's Pre-Vaccination Checklist and bring it with you to the site: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/pre-vaccination-screening-form.pdf

Online registration is at capacity, but check back for more appointments. As appointments are canceled, they will be available for re-booking.