Moorestown Meetings Now Virtual Amid COVID-19 Spike

MOORESTOWN, NJ — As more people test positive for COVID-19 in Burlington County, Moorestown will pivot to virtual meetings until further notice, township officials announced.

This includes all council, board and committee meetings, township officials said on Thursday. For instructions on how to participate in virtual meetings, visit moorestown.nj.us.

Council meetings had been held in a hybrid format for most of the year, with limited in-person attendance, with the ability to participate online or by phone. There will no longer be in-person attendance until further notice.

As of Friday, there have been 87,775 cases of the coronavirus and 1,040 coronavirus-related deaths in Burlington County since the pandemic began in March 2020.

That’s an increase of 9,122 cases and 16 deaths from last week, when there were 78,653 coronavirus cases and 1,024 coronavirus-related deaths.

Burlington County is at “high risk” for COVID-19, according to the latest COVID-19 activity level report, which is issued weekly.

This means that between 10 and 25 people out of every 100 has COVID-19. At the "very high" risk level — which is where Burlington County was last week — more than 25 out of every 100 people was estimated to have the virus.

Burlington County is one of 10 counties at "high risk," while the state's other 11 counties remain at "very high" risk.

New Jersey recently opened a COVID-19 vaccination megasite in Mount Laurel in response to widening vaccine eligibility, including children ages 5 to 11 and those who qualify for booster shots, including children ages 16 and 17.

All three COVID-19 vaccine boosters are now available for eligible residents at the county's regular vaccination clinics. Read more here: All 3 COVID-19 Booster Shots Now Available In Burlington County

The COVID-19 vaccine is now available for children ages 5 to 11 at these Burlington County locations. Read more here: Kids 5-11 Can Get COVID-19 Vaccine At Burlington County Clinic

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.

The delta variant accounted for more than 67 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over the last four weeks, according to data provided by the state department of health.

In the last week, it accounted for 54.3 percent of the cases, while the alpha variant accounted for 17 percent of cases. Other lineages accounted for 11.6 percent.