(Blackwood, NJ) – After the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Facilities for Illness Management endorsed the advice for all People ages 12 and older to obtain Omicron particular booster photographs, the Camden County Well being Hub will start administering doses tomorrow.
New Jersey has acquired allocations of each Pfizer and Moderna bivalent boosters, that are being delivered to vaccine suppliers. These boosters will goal each the unique COVID-19 pressure in addition to the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. Omicron is at the moment inflicting many of the COVID-19 circumstances within the nation and are predicted to flow into this fall and winter as nicely, based on the FDA.
“This announcement comes at a important time and is one other optimistic stride in defending our communities,” Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. “These vaccines will particularly goal the Omicron variants which were circulating and can convey that a lot wanted additional layer of safety to our neighborhood. This growth is an thrilling step in the direction of a brighter future on the subject of this virus and I encourage all totally vaccinated residents to go get their booster photographs.”
The brand new Pfizer bivalent booster is really useful for all people ages 12 and older, whereas the Moderna bivalent booster is really useful for these ages 18 and older. Folks can get the bivalent booster if it has been not less than two months since they’ve accomplished their main vaccination collection or two months after they’ve acquired the latest booster dose with any approved or accepted COVID-19 vaccine.
The Well being Hub is open from 2 p.m. to six p.m. on Tuesday’s and 1 p.m. to five p.m. on Thursday’s. The county Well being Division is strongly encouraging residents to make appointments on the Well being Hub. You can also make an appointment on the Camden County Well being Hub by visiting www.CamdenCountyVaccine.com.
Extra data relating to Camden County’s preparations and response associated to the COVID-19 pandemic is out there by visiting www.camdencounty.com. Residents ought to continuously test the county webpage and social media for up-to-date data.
