Health & Fitness
COVID-19 Booster Shots: Where To Find Them Around Wayne
Boosters available in Wayne help protect against omicron and delta variant infections and lessen the symptoms if you do get sick.
WAYNE, NJ — Booster shots, available at pharmacies and clinics around Wayne, 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.
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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.
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To get a booster shot around Wayne, go to:
- Costco: 149 Route 23, Wayne
- Walgreens: 321 Valley Rd., Wayne
- Walgreens: 1460 Route 23, Wayne
- CVS: 1762 Ratzer Rd., Wayne
- Wayne Pharmacy: 1055 Hamburg Tpke., Wayne
- CVS: 54 Preakness Shopping Ctr., Hamburg Tpke., Wayne
- Stop & Shop: 1210 Hamburg Tpke., Wayne
- CVS: 15 Boonton Tpke., Lincoln Park
- CVS: 120 Union Blvd., Totowa
- Cortese Pharmacy: 222 Union Ave., Paterson
Find appointment details for each clinic at vaccines.gov.
Wayne Township also offers vaccinations on Wednesdays. Find more info here.
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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