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ATTENTION EMPLOYEES:
NJ TRANSIT HAS RECEIVED A LIMITED SUPPLY OF COVID-19 VACCINES
NJ TRANSIT has received a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines from the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), and we plan to begin administering these vaccines to eligible employees on Thursday, March 4. Vaccine centers have been set up exclusively for NJ TRANSIT employees at our Medical Offices in our General Office Building in Maplewood and our Newton Avenue administration building in Camden.
At this time, only active, frontline, public-facing NJ TRANSIT employees (Police Officer, Bus Operator, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, Locomotive Engineer, Customer Services Representative, or other public-facing employees) who also meet the current NJDOH vaccination eligibility requirements are permitted to receive the vaccine here at NJ TRANSIT. Today, these groups include:
- Paid and unpaid healthcare workers
- Residents and workers of long-term care and high-risk congregate care facilities
- First responders including sworn law enforcement and fire professionals
- Individuals aged over 65
- Individuals aged 16-64 that have certain medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus
For more information on these categories, please see: Who is eligible for vaccination in New Jersey?
If you are an active, frontline, public-facing NJ TRANSIT employee AND in one of the eligibility groups above and would like to sign up to receive a vaccine through NJ TRANSIT, please visit the following registration link, which will be active at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3rd: https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/cxyvqev6/ or use the following QR code:
When you complete the process, you will receive a confirmation email that includes the date, time, and location of your appointment, as well as links to important information and documents that will help streamline your vaccine clinic visit.
We ask that you be patient during this process. As our supply is currently limited, we recognize that it may not meet the current demand. Rest assured, we are continuing to work with the NJDOH to secure additional supplies.
Employees who are not frontline and public-facing but otherwise meet the current NJDOH vaccination eligibility requirements above are strongly encouraged to pre-register for a future vaccination through New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling System at https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/.
Eligible employees are also strongly encouraged to make an appointment for vaccination at a State-approved site. The full list of vaccination sites in the State, broken down by county, can be found here.
To learn more about the State’s vaccination plan, please visit the State’s vaccination information page: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/vaccine.
You can also visit the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention “Questions & Answers” page to learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html.
Other Vaccine Info
- The CDC’s vaccine portal is available at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/index.html.
- New Jersey’s vaccine portal is available at https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/vaccine.
- The New Jersey Department of Health’s (NJDOH) vaccine portal is available at: https://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/topics/covid2019_vaccination.shtml.
- NJDOH has also created a newsletter – Vax Matters – specifically for COVID vaccine-related information. Click here for the latest edition or click here to subscribe.
Please remember that the vaccine is not a replacement for wearing PPE, distancing, and regular hand washing. NJ TRANSIT employees must continue these essential practices, even after receiving the vaccine.
We are excited by the opportunity to implement this powerful new tool to keep our employees safe from the COVID virus. We believe the vaccine will add yet another layer of safety to the measures already in place, particularly our aggressive and extensive cleaning and disinfecting protocols.
