The State of New Jersey is encouraging employers to familiarize themselves with who is eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations now – and who will be next – and to relay that information to their employees.
The state has updated its COVID-19 Information Hub with a full page dedicated to eligibility, which can be found here.
Currently, groups who are eligible for vaccination in New Jersey at this time 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 over 65
- Individuals 16-64 that have certain medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus
- Pre-K to 12 educators and staff
- Childcare workers in licensed and registered settings
- Transportation workers
- Additional public safety workers
- Additional high-risk individuals
Starting on March 29, frontline essential workers in the following categories will be eligible for vaccination:
- Food production, agriculture, and food distribution;
- Eldercare and support;
- Warehousing and logistics;
- Social services support staff;
- Elections personnel;
- Hospitality;
- Medical supply chain;
- Postal and shipping services;
- Clergy; and,
- Judicial system.
Anyone who is currently eligible for a vaccination, can learn more about where and when to get vaccinated here.
This entire process of basing vaccines on your job function has gotten completely out of hand and is just ridiculous. Base them on age and let’s move on.
Hospitality?? Really??