COVID-19 Shots Available For Burlington County Businesses

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — The Burlington County Health Department is partnering with local businesses to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to their employees, county officials announced on Wednesday.

“We’re creating pop-up clinics to bring vaccines closer to the people who still need them,” Burlington County Health Director Dr. Herb Conaway said. “Vaccines are safe and offer the best protection against all variants of COVID-19, including the delta variant that is now rapidly spreading among the unvaccinated. We want to give businesses the opportunity to make it convenient for their employees to get vaccinated while at work. Doing so can help ensure their locations remain safe for customers and staff and prevent outbreaks and the possible return of COVID-19 restrictions.”

The Health Department will provide the vaccine, staff and supplies for on-site vaccine clinics. There is no fee for participation, but businesses must be located in Burlington County and provide adequate space, tables and chairs.

Interested businesses should call 609-265-5290 for more information or to schedule a workplace clinic.

It’s part of Burlington County’s push to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to as many eligible people as possible this summer as the delta variant of the coronavirus hits New Jersey.

The variant, which was first reported in India, is rapidly spreading among unvaccinated populations and is now the predominant strain in New Jersey and across the nation.

Burlington County has had 472 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus through the first 27 days of July, an average of 17 new cases per day, according to officials.

But shots remain available, even after the state’s mega-site at the Moorestown Mall closed earlier this month. Read more here: COVID-19 Vaccine Site At Moorestown Mall To Close Friday

The county is also hosting eight COVID-19 vaccination clinics next month ahead of the school year in an effort to ensure easy access to COVID-19 shots for eligible children and adults who are still not vaccinated. Read more here: COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Set For Burlington County In August

The Burlington County Health Department is also continuing to administer vaccine four days a week at its fixed clinic sites. No appointments are necessary. Those clinics run on the following schedule:

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

Appointments for the clinics can be made by online using the online registry at covid19.gov/pages/finder or by calling 1-855-568-0545. Walk-ins without appointments are also welcome.

All four clinics will offer both the Moderna vaccine and single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines. People who receive the Moderna shot will be informed of their second-dose date. As of Wednesday morning, more than 249,000 Burlington County residents have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. That is more than 63 percent of the county’s eligible population, but county officials want to make sure all eligible residents are protected.

“We’ve had a lot of success, but the job isn’t finished until every eligible resident has the strong protection that vaccines provide. We’re currently partnering with multiple school districts to hold clinics so that students can get vaccinated in time for the start of the new academic year, and we’re offering the same to businesses interested in ensuring their employees have easy access to vaccinations,” Burlington County Commissioner Dan O’Connell said. “We’ve come so far during the last 16 months since the pandemic began and we don’t want to take a step backward and endure more hardship and loss. We need everyone’s help. The best way to beat this virus is for every eligible resident to get vaccinated.”

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