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Individuals in the following categories were added to the vaccine eligibility list as of Monday, 29:
Food productions/distribution (such as grocery store and restaurant workers), eldercare support, warehousing/logistics/social services support staff, elections workers, hospitality, medical supply chain, postal/shipping workers, clergy and those in the judicial system.
Come April 5, the following individuals will be eligible:
- Those 55 and over
- Those ages 16 and up with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Educators, including support staff, in higher education settings
- Communications infrastructure support (engineers, and technicians and members of the press)
- Real estate, building, and home service workers (construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management and maintenance workers)
- Retail financial institution workers (bank tellers, lending services, public accounting and check-cashing workers)
- Sanitation workers providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workers
- Laundry service workers (those working in laundromats, laundry services and dry cleaners)
- Utility workers (electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone and cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workers)
- Librarians and support staff at municipal, county and state libraries
Click here to register with New Jersey's COVID-19 vaccine scheduling system.
As of Monday morning, the state's six mega vaccinations sites surpassed one million vaccine doses administered, with four million administered overall.
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