Make Copies Of COVID Vaccine Card, Camden County Officials Urge

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Camden County officials are urging residents who have received their COVID-19 vaccine to laminate and make duplicate copies of the card that proves they have been inoculated.

It may be necessary for residents who want to travel, go to entertainment events, and go back to class at Rutgers University to have that card, officials said.

The COVID-19 vaccination card is a certified document with the CDC logo in the upper corner, which includes, the date, type of vaccine and was provided to patients by the vaccine clinic, pharmacy or health care provider facilitating the shot. Anyone who loses their vaccine card should return it to the place it was provided for a replacement card.

Residents should keep it on them at all times, like their driver’s license, officials said. As of Monday, nearly 100,000 of Camden County’s 392,000 residents have been vaccinated.

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“Almost a quarter of our residents in Camden County have been fully vaccinated, which is an extraordinary accomplishment over the last three months. For us, as a community, to get fully back to normal - and as Rutgers underscored with its new policy last week - proof of vaccination will be key to the process of protecting the overall public health,” Cappelli said. “As it stands today, more than 160,000 first doses of the vaccine have been administered in the county and herd immunity is no longer a pipe dream but becoming more of a reality every day. That said, receipt of this vaccine is and will be critical for the future of our new normal during this pandemic.”

Camden County’s COVID-19 vaccination site is located in the Papiano Gym at Camden County College, 200 College Drive in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township. For more information about the center, or to make an appointment to get vaccinated, visit www.camdencountyvaccine.com, or call 856-549-0530.

Employees in certain "essential" fields became eligible for vaccinations Monday, while many others will qualify for inoculation starting April 5. Read more here: COVID-19 Vaccine Availability Expands In NJ: What To Know

Who Joined The List Monday?
Employees in the following professions can now get inoculated:

• Food production, agriculture and food distribution (including grocery store and restaurant workers)
• Eldercare and support
• Warehousing and logistics
• Social services support staff
• Elections personnel
• Hospitality
• Medical supply chain
• Postal and shipping services
• Clergy
• Judicial system

Who's already eligible?

• 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
• Pre-K to 12 educators and staff
• Childcare workers in licensed and registered settings
• Transportation workers
• Additional high-risk individuals

• Additional public safety workers

Who becomes eligible April 5?

• Individuals 55 and over
• Individuals ages 16 and up with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Educators, including support staff, in higher education settings
• Communications infrastructure support, including engineers, and technicians and members of the press
• Real estate, building, and home service workers, including construction workers, code officials, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, property management and maintenance workers
• Retail financial institution workers, including bank tellers, lending services, public accounting and check-cashing workers
• Sanitation workers providing disinfection and janitorial services, city sanitation workers; residential, commercial, and industrial solid and hazardous waste removal workers
• Laundry service workers, including those working in laundromats, laundry services and dry cleaners
• Utility workers including electrical generation and supply system, natural gas delivery, nuclear power plant, water supply, telephone and cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workers
• Librarians and support staff at municipal, county and state libraries

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