Homebound Residents In Princeton Can Now Get The COVID Vaccine

PRINCETON, NJ — Beginning next week, the Princeton Health Department (PHD) is looking to inoculate homebound residents who have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine.

PHD said it will receive a shipment of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week. The department is looking to inoculate only those residents who are unable to leave their homes due to an injury, illness or other mobility issues.

To make inquiries on eligibility, contact PHD’s Vulnerable Population Outreach Coordinator, Gwen Krol at gkrol@princetonnj.gov, or (609) 497-1478.

The department is however not holding any vaccine clinics at the moment. PHD is supporting and assisting vaccination efforts at the Mercer County Community College and the CURE Arena sites.

On Monday, additional frontline workers are eligible to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments:

• Food production, agriculture, and food distribution, including grocery store workers and restaurant staff
• Eldercare and eldercare support staff
• Warehousing and logistics
• Social service workers and support staff
• Elections personnel
• Hospitality, including casino workers and hotel/lodging staff
• Medical supply chain
• Postal and shipping service
• Clergy
• Judicial system

Beginning April 5, the following will be eligible:

• 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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