COVID-19 Booster Shots Available At Burlington County Clinics

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Pfizer vaccine boosters are now available for eligible Burlington County residents at the county’s regular vaccination clinics, county officials announced on Thursday.

The Pfizer booster shots are available for people who had their second dose of Pfizer six months ago and meet certain conditions or criteria that could make them more vulnerable to the coronavirus. These include:

• 65 years or older and who live in long-term care facilities;
• Between the ages of 50 and 64 and have underlying medical conditions;
• Between the ages of 18 and 49 and have underlying medical conditions based on their benefits and risks; and
• Between the ages of 18 and 64 and are at increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus due to their employment, including healthcare workers, teachers, grocery store workers and public transportation employees, among others.

Underlying medical conditions that qualify residents for a booster include, but are not limited to:

• Cancer;
• Chronic kidney disease;
• Chronic lung disease;
• Dementia and other neurological conditions;
• Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes;
• Down syndrome;
• Heart conditions;
• HIV;
• Liver disease;
• Obesity;
• Pregnancy;
• Sickle cell disease;
• Smokers;
• Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant;
• Those who have had a stroke; and
• Those battling substance abuse.

Anyone who received the Moderna shot is not yet eligible for a booster shot, unless they have one of six specified immune compromising conditions, including people who have:

• Been receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood
• Received an organ transplant and are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
• Received a stem cell transplant within the last 2 years or are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
• Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (such as DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
• Advanced or untreated HIV infection
• Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress your immune response

Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients are also not currently eligible for boosters.

Residents seeking boosters should bring proof of vaccination, such as their vaccine card, immunization record or their record on the Docket app.

As of Thursday, more than 270,000 Burlington County residents have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

“The vaccines offer strong protection against COVID-19 and its different variants, including the Delta variant, and we’re pleased that so many of our residents have rolled up their sleeves and received their shots,” Burlington County Health Director Dr. Herb Conaway said. “Now we’re entering a new phase in our response and are administering boosters to those who are eligible for them to ensure they have the greatest protection possible.”

The Burlington County Health Department runs clinics four days a week at fixed clinic sites. No appointments are necessary. The clinics run on the following schedule:

• Mondays from 2-6 p.m. at the Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center, 53 Academy Dr., Westampton (drive-thru clinic).
• Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Palmyra Community Center, 30 West Broad, Palmyra.
• Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m. at the Weimann Building, 400 Delanco Road, Edgewater Park.
• Thursdays from 3-7 p.m. at the Bordentown Township Senior Center, 3 Municipal Dr., Bordentown.

Vaccines are also available at pop-up clinics, which are held every Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Virtua Mobile Grocery Store, 181 Norcross Lane in Pemberton, and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Virtua Mobile Farmers Market, 795 Woodlane Road in Westampton.

The Deborah Heart and Lung Center runs a walk-in vaccine clinic on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Deborah Medical Office Building, 6 Earline Avenue in Browns Mills.

In addition to those clinics, the Health Department is offering COVID-19 vaccine and boosters, along with flu shots, at select weekly flu clinics in the county. A schedule of those upcoming flu clinics is available online here.

Burlington County Commissioner Deputy Director Dan O’Connell, liaison to the Health Department, said the fast rollout of boosters was another example of the Health Department’s outstanding work throughout the pandemic.

“From testing, contact-tracing, administering vaccines and assisting our schools and long-term care facilities with their COVID-19 plans and protocols, our Health Department has covered every inch of our county and risen to every challenge this pandemic has presented and then some,” O’Connell said. “And we continue to depend on them,” O’Connell said. “On behalf of our entire Board, I want to thank all our health Department heroes for the work they do every day.”