Updated Omicron COVID-19 Booster To Be Offered Tuesday At Free Hoboken Clinic

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken will host a new COVID-19 updated booster clinic for eligible residents this Tuesday, now that the new bivalent booster has been approved by the FDA.

The booster targets the original strains as well as the newer BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.

"According to the FDA, Omicron is currently causing most U.S. COVID-19 cases and the omicron variants are predicted to circulate this fall and winter as well," the city said in announcing the clinic on Sunday.

Who Is Eligible?

Through a partnership with Medicine Man Pharmacy & Compounding, the city will hold the clinic at 605 Jackson St. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Residents 12 years old and older who received their primary vaccine dose or booster at least two months ago are eligible.

The city has 300 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Bivalent vaccines, or “updated boosters," to give out. They will schedule more clinics when more doses are received.

Appointments are required, and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Residents can book an appointment at http://www.hobokennj.gov/medicinemanvaccine. It
is anticipated that the appointments will be fully booked in a short amount of time for this initial clinic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the updated booster this month.

Although case numbers have dropped in Hoboken and most residents are vaccinated, a resident over age 90 recently passed away due to the virus, the city said.

Read a recent story on Hoboken's COVID case numbers, hospitalizations, and vaccination rates here: Hoboken Resident Dies From COVID Amid Low Case Numbers