Coronavirus Vaccines Coming To NJ On Tuesday: Here's When, Where

NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Sunday that the first vaccines in New Jersey will be administered on Tuesday, and state officials say six hospitals are slated to get them.

Murphy, speaking on "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," said he'll be at University Hospital in Newark on Tuesday morning to watch health care workers get the first Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shots in New Jersey.

The shots will be administered around 8 a.m. Murphy will join University Hospital President and CEO Shereef Elnahal, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Dean Dr. Robert Johnson at the event.

"We're going to be putting shots in the arm on Tuesday morning in Newark," Murphy told ABC's Martha Raddatz.

Persichilli said during a Friday news conference that six hospitals in New Jersey state will receive "prepositioned doses" of the vaccine this week that will be administered to health care workers and long-term care residents and staff.

Northjersey.com identified six hospitals that will likely receive doses: Hackensack University Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, University Hospital in Newark, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City and Cooper University Hospital in Camden. All have arctic-level, subzero freezers.

Persichilli said the Pfizer vaccine will require a second shot, and she expects health care workers and long-term care residents and staff to get that by the end of January.

"New Jersey continues to be prepared for the receipt of the vaccine and work closely with the original six prepositioned hospitals to ensure that workers can be vaccinated as soon as possible," she said.

"Our objective will be that no vaccine is left on the shelf."

Murphy will be going to University Hospital since it has created a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the adjacent Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Staffed and structured in accordance with guidance provided by state and federal health officials, the clinic has the potential daily capacity of at least 600 vaccinations, officials said.

Murphy has said he expects 300,000 to 500,000 vaccine doses in New Jersey by the end of December, and the initial batch will be 76,000. Read more: NJ Streamlines Vaccine Distribution, Provides New Timing Details

Murphy told ABC that, despite the arrival of the vaccines, it's not time to let up. People still need to protect themselves and wear masks until, hopefully, all of New Jersey's population gets access to the vaccine by April.

"It's a short sprint, so do the right thing," he said.

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