NJ opens COVID vaccines to residents with asthma or overweight COVID-19 vaccine eligibility has been opened to new groups of the population as of Monday. More than 3 million total vaccine doses had been administered statewide, as of Monday, including a million second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna brands, which require two shots for a person to be fully inoculated. Get our free mobile app Among those now on the list as being able to seek appointments are people with any 10 conditions that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said might put individuals at increased risk for severe illness from the virus. Those include: