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COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled in Rockland for Sunday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 8 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. due to the Nor easter.
If you have an appointment for Sunday to be vaccinated at Rockland County Department of Health clinic, you will receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., the Rockland County Department of Health added.
No new appointment will be scheduled, and you can come at your convenience from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday.
If you are unable to come at all Monday, please call the county’s COVID-19 hotline at 845-238-1956 to cancel.
New Jersey Vaccine Mega-Sites
Burlington County: Appointments will be moved to 2/8, 2/9, and 2/10
Middlesex County: Appointments will be moved to 2/13
Morris County: Appointments will be moved to 2/10
The following mega-sites will remain OPEN
Atlantic County: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Bergen County: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Gloucester County: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Individual health care providers will be reaching out via phone/email/text to reschedule any appointments for tomorrow at our closed mega-sites.
New York COVID-19 Test Sites
Operations at the following state-run COVID-19 testing sites will be suspended on February 7 due to the impending winter storm:
Glen Island in New Rochelle;
Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens;
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
County health departments again were expected to receive one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations this week as well as mRNA vaccines that require two doses weeks apart.
In Week 14 of COVID vaccine distribution, pharmacies and Federally Qualified Health Centers were expected to receive the two-dose mRNA vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer.
People age 60 and over can book vaccine appointments at any location that administers them, including state-run vaccination sites.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week said vaccine eligibility would expand as of March 17 to more essential public employees, as will public-facing building workers.
As of March 17, the state would also ease restrictions on who could receive shots from certain vaccine providers. Providers, except for pharmacies, would be able to vaccinate any eligible New Yorker.
By: Jennifer Korn
The Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) received 700 new doses of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine allotted for phase 1b essential workers and will open up registration at 4:00 P.M. this afternoon. The department stated in a release that it does not expect the registration to be open for very long.
Phase 1b essential workers can make an appointment by visiting: http://rcklnd.us/covid19
“We will continue to look for ways to improve our local response, will keep fighting to bring more vaccine to Rockland and we will not stop until all of you who want the vaccine get the vaccine,” said County Executive Ed Day.