COVID-19 Booster Shots: Where To Find Them Around Parsippany

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Booster shots, available at pharmacies and clinics around Parsippany, are the best defense against COVID-19 illnesses as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the country, according to health officials.

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases from the omicron variant — infections among the vaccinated — are less common among people who have received their third vaccination shots, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The omicron variant accounts for 73 percent of new cases in the United States, according to the CDC.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Friday the Pfizer and Moderna booster shots work well against the omicron variant and that there’s no need for a specific vaccine to fight it.

Public health officials are concerned that vaccination rates — currently 61 percent of eligible Americans are fully vaccinated, and only 28 percent have gotten booster shots — are insufficient to fend off a fifth wave of the coronavirus. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing, with about 120,000 new cases and 1,200 deaths reported each day, mainly from the delta variant.

To get a booster shot around Parsippany, go to:

• CVS: 1157 Route 46, Parsippany
• Genoa Healthcare: 1259 Route 46 E, Parsippany
• Walgreens: 200 Baldwin Rd., Parsippany
• ShopRite Pharmacy: 808 Route 46, Parsippany
• Rite Aid: 480 N Beverwyck Rd., Lake Hiawatha
• Lakeshore Pharmacy: 299 Parsippany Rd., Parsippany
• CVS: 3503 Route 46, Parsippany
• Wegmans Food Markets: 34 Sylvan Way, Parsippany

Find appointment details for each clinic at vaccines.gov.

The CDC says Pfizer and Moderna booster shots both provide increased protection against COVID-19 and helped prevent severe symptoms in breakthrough cases.

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