File/Teacher Melissa Drinkard gets her vaccination.

Atlantic County’s free flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinics will began Monday, Sept. 27 and will continue through Oct. 19.

Residents 18 years and older in need of a COVID-19 vaccination will have a choice of the one dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the two dose Moderna vaccine. Appointments are not necessary, but face masks are required for entrance to all locations.

Residents may receive a flu shot and a COVID-19 vaccination at the same visit, in separate arms.

The Atlantic County Division of Public Health does not have the Pfizer booster shots that have recently been approved by the Centers for Disease Control for those 65 and older, long-term care residents, the immunocompromised, and those at high risk for exposure due to occupational or institutional settings (teachers, health care workers, etc.) at least six-months after completing their second Pfizer dose.

Please visit covid19.nj.org/finder to find a Pfizer booster shot location or call  the state’s Vaccine Call Center at 1-855-568-0545.

 

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Nanette LoBiondo Galloway

Award winning journalist covering news, events and people of Atlantic County for more than 20 years.