134 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND THREE DEATHS COMMUNITY-WIDE OVER SEVEN-DAY PERIOD

MESSAGE MAYOR STEPHEN M. DALINA

As we all know firsthand, millions of New Jersey residents have been told they qualify for a vaccine, but little vaccine is available. Reports indicate that several million people have pre-registered on waiting lists, yet New Jersey is scheduled to receive just 130,000 doses of vaccine for each of the next three weeks. Clearly, we will all need to be patient as we wait for more vaccines to become available.

But I have little to no patience for the way the current state vaccination scheduling system is serving our residents. Please know I am speaking out along with the Council, on behalf of residents to improve the system. See my letter from yesterday. https://www.monroetwp.com/index.php/news/36-news-flash/936-coronavirus-community-update.

There is nothing more important to me than the effort to vaccinate our residents.

Sincerely, Mayor Dalina

VACCINE SUPPLY VERY LIMITED;

APOINTMENTS DEPENDENT ON SUPPLY

WHO IS ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE RIGHT NOW?

Healthcare workers, sworn first responders (police & fire), Long Term Care residents and staff.

Individuals at High Risk –

Individuals aged 65 and older
Individuals ages 16-64 with medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus. These conditions include Cancer, Chronic kidney disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Down Syndrome, Heart conditions, Obesity, Severe Obesity, Sickle cell disease, Smoking, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, immunosuppressed and solid organ transplants.

REGISTER ON THE STATE WEBSITE

Register on the NJ State Website at https://covidvaccine.nj.gov. Once registered, you will receive a scheduling email that CONFIRMS your registration. When an opening becomes available at one of the state vaccination sites, you will receive an email that lets you schedule an appointment through the NJ Vaccination Scheduling System.

LOOK FOR AND TRY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT

After registering on the State website and receiving your confirmation email, check the state list of vaccine sites by county where appointments might be available: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for-eligible-recipients If an appointment is available, schedule yourself for that location and go get your vaccine.

STATE & COUNTY VACCINATION HOTLINE

If you do not have a computer with an email address, need assistance scheduling an appointment, or if a caregiver is assisting you, please call the following hotlines for live assistance:

NJ STATE HOTLINE: Free telephone hotline with live operators to answer questions in multiple languages and help people sign up. The call center — at 855-568-0545 — is slated to be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/

MIDDLESEX COUNTY CALL CENTER: Questions about Middlesex County operated vaccine sites can be directed to the county-operated Call Center at 732-745-3100. Specific county COVID sites information is available at http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/covid19.

STATE PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON GETTING SECOND VACCINE DOSE

The NJDOH provided the following guidance regarding second vaccine doses:

• If you made your first-dose appointment through the New Jersey Vaccine Scheduling System (NJVSS) at https://covidvaccine.nj.gov you will receive an email with the details of your automatically scheduled second-dose appointment by the end of day on Saturday, Jan. 30.
• If you received your first dose by booking directly with a vaccine clinic and did not use the NJVSS, you likely scheduled a second-dose appointment when you had your first appointment. If you did not receive a second-dose appointment at the time of receiving your first dose, you need to contact that vaccination site for assistance.
• If you received a first dose at the Gloucester County mega-site before the state scheduling system was available, you will be contacted directly by this site.

134 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND THREE DEATHS COMMUNITY-WIDE

OVER SEVEN-DAY PERIOD

Known Cases

New Cases

Deaths

Monroe Township

2878

134

(1/21 – 27)

155 Total (3 NEW)

87 Long Term Care

68 Community-Wide

PLEASE NOTE: Cases are reported as soon as the information is made available to the Township

Fifty-two additional positive cases community-wide reported today were from August through January.

New Community-Wide Cases (1/21 – 27): 10M, 12M, (2) 13M, (2) 14F, (3) 14M, 16F, (2) 16M, (2) 17M, (2) 18F, (2) 18M, (2) 19F, (2) 19M, 20M, 21F, 21M, 22F, (2) 23F, 24F, (2) 26F, 26M, 28F, (3) 29M, 30M, (2) 31F, 34M, 35M, 38M, (2) 41F, (2) 42M, 43F, (2) 44M, (3) 45F, (3) 46M, (2) 47F, 47M, 48F, 48M, 49F, (2) 49M, (3) 50M, 51F, (3) 52F, (2) 53F, 53M, 54F, 54M, (2) 55M, (2) 56F, 56M, 57M, (2) 58M, (2) 59F, 59M, 60F, 60M, (2) 61F, 61M, 62F, 62M, (4) 63F, 63M, 64M, 92) 65F, (4) 65M, (2) 66F, 68F, (2) 68M, 70F, (3) 71F, 72F, 72M, (2) 73F, (2) 74M, 75F, 76F, 77M, (2) 78F, 78M, 81F, 83M, 86F, 87F, 88M, (3) 89F