{"id":313,"date":"2021-03-29T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-03-29T09:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:59:12","slug":"covid-19-nj-expands-list-of-eligible-vaccine-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/2021\/03\/29\/covid-19-nj-expands-list-of-eligible-vaccine-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: NJ Expands list of Eligible Vaccine Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Late last week (on March 27, 2021), Governor Murphy announced the <strong>expansion of eligibility for vaccines<\/strong> to more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination program. <br \/><br \/>Eligible groups include individuals <strong>ages 55-64<\/strong>, <strong>individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, higher education educators and staff, and communications and utility infrastructure workers<\/strong> among others.<br \/><br \/>Beginning <strong>Monday, April 5<\/strong>, the following groups are eligible for vaccination:<br \/><br \/><strong>Individuals ages 55-64<\/strong>;<\/p>\r\n<p>Individuals ages 16 and up with <strong>intellectual and developmental disabilities<\/strong>;<br \/>Educators, including support staff, in higher education settings;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Communications infrastructure support<\/strong>, including engineers, and technicians, and members of the press;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Real estate, building, and home service workers<\/strong>, including construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management, and maintenance workers;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Retail financial institution workers<\/strong>, including bank tellers, lending services, public accounting, and check-cashing workers;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sanitation workers<\/strong> providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workers;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Laundry service workers<\/strong>, including those working in laundromats, laundry services, and dry cleaners;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Utility workers<\/strong> including, electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone, cable\/fiber\/optical\/broadband\/cellular service workers; and,<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Librarians and support staff<\/strong> at municipal, county, and state libraries.<\/p>\r\n<p>For more information about eligibility, statewide vaccination site locations, and to preregister for a vaccination, visit <strong>https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/vaccine<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Duane Morris<\/strong> has an active team of lawyers who have been engaged in the review and dissemination of COVID related alerts, blogs and advice on various COVID related topics.\u00a0 Please see our website for a few list of all available articles and blogs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>If you have any questions or thoughts, please contact <strong>Brad A. Molotsky, Sharon Caffrey, Elizabeth Mincer, Eve Klein <\/strong>or any of the Duane Morris lawyers you regularly engage with.<br \/><br \/>Be well and stay safe.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week (on March 27, 2021), Governor Murphy announced the expansion of eligibility for vaccines to more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include individuals ages 55-64, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, higher education educators and staff, and communications and utility infrastructure workers among others. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/2021\/03\/29\/covid-19-nj-expands-list-of-eligible-vaccine-recipients\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID-19: NJ Expands list of Eligible Vaccine Recipients&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37,468,164,241,606,607,601,605,604,602,263,603],"ppma_author":[520],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-brad-a-molotsky","tag-caroline-austin","tag-elizabeth-mincer","tag-eve-klein","tag-intellectual-and-developmentally-disabled-16-and-over","tag-laundry-service-workers","tag-librarians","tag-real-estate-workers","tag-retail-financial-institution-workers","tag-sanitation-workers","tag-sharon-caffrey","tag-utility-workers"],"authors":[{"term_id":520,"user_id":285,"is_guest":0,"slug":"bamolotsky","display_name":"Brad A. 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