Kids Can Get COVID Vaccine On Brookdale Campus Tuesday

LINCROFT, NJ — The Monmouth County Health Dept. is running a health clinic specifically for the Pfizer childhood coronavirus vaccine at the Brookdale Community College campus Tuesday.

The free vaccine clinic is specifically for children ages 5-11 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The clinic will be held at the CLC (Children's Learning Center/Montessori School) parking lots 4/5. No appointment is necessary; just show up until 6 p.m. Tuesday. Children must be accompanied by adults.

Booster shots will also be available for adults who want one. They have the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine in stock.

As of Monday, 9,116 children in New Jersey between the ages of 5 and 11 have received their first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state Department of Health. That is 1.2 percent of all 760,000 children who are eligible.

The CDC just approved the Pfizer vaccine for children last Tuesday.

Gov. Murphy said on Monday that he is considering lifting the mask mandate in schools if enough older kids get vaccinated, meaning the mask mandate could be lifted for kids 12-17.

"In terms of lifting the mask mandate in schools, I could see it as we do it in a phased approach if that number of 12 to 17 year olds gets into an acceptable zone, which it almost by definition will before the younger kids," said Murphy Monday.

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