Burlington County COVID-19 Vaccination Megasite Reopens This Week

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A second COVID-19 vaccination megasite is reopening in South Jersey this week, officials said on Monday.

A site at the former AC Moore on Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel is slated to have a soft opening this week, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan said during a news conference.

The site will provide vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11 years old, by appointment only. More than 2,000 children are already registered to get vaccinated.

A full opening is slated for next week, and that will include both first and second doses, as well as booster shots for adults, Callahan said.

A third site is being set up at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in Somerset County, with next week targeted for that opening, Callahan said.

The first megasite, in Gloucester County, reopened last month. It is set up at the Gloucester County Public Works Complex, 1200 North Delsea Drive in Clayton, and administers about 175 doses a day, Callahan said. It is open Tuesday through Saturday, and no appointments are needed, according to Gloucester County officials.

Like the previous Burlington County megasite at the Moorestown Mall, Virtua Health will serve as the healthcare partner for the Mount Laurel megaiste.

It will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.; and on Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

New Jersey’s megasites serve residents from all over the state. To find a COVID-19 vaccine location, visit https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/finder.

The site at the Moorestown Mall was open from January through July, and administered more than 390,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine during that time, according to officials. Read more here: COVID-19 Vaccine Site At Moorestown Mall To Close Friday

Megasites closed over the summer as vaccinations shifted to a more local focus. They are reopening as the availability of the vaccine expands, and as booster shots have been approved.

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 has also launched an online COVID-19 testing portal. Testing is available for walk-ins at the Burlington County Emergency Training Center at 53 Academy Drive in Westampton five days a week, according to county officials.

It runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays, and from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. The new portal will permit residents to book appointment times and submit information in advance to make testing faster and easier, officials said. The portal can be accessed at either www.burlingtoncountytesting.org or www.co.burlington.nj.us/1927/COVID-19-Testing.