Jersey City Offers 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Immunocompromised residents in Jersey City will be able to get a third dose, or booster shot, of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Last week, both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the emergency use authorizations for both the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to allow for the use of an additional dose in certain immunocompromised individuals, specifically, solid organ transplant recipients or those who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromised.

The booster shots have not been authorized for non-immunocompromised individuals.

On Friday, the state Department of New Jersey approved the third doses as well, allowing municipalities like Jersey City to arrange for the booster shots immediately. Jersey City starts offering third doses on Monday.

The shots are available to immunocompromised individuals that have already received their second dose more than 28 days ago.

Those who have received Moderna can go to the following locations:

• Connors Center
• PS26
• The Bethune Center & Mobile Vaccination locations (updated weekly)

Those who received Pfizer can receive a third shot at one of our four high schools:

• Ferris
• Lincoln
• Snyder
• Dickinson

Please bring Vaccine Card.

For more info, please call the Vaccine Hotline 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7days a week at 201-373-2316.