Woodbridge Will Start Giving Out Booster Shots From Town Site

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — With the CDC's recommendation Wednesday that all Americans should get booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine, the Woodbridge town site will begin offering booster shots of Moderna, starting in early September.

"The Health Department will start with those individuals who have received the two-dose Moderna and who are immune compromised," said Woodbridge town spokesman John Hagerty.

Woodbridge has only ever given out the Moderna shot, so they cannot give boosters of the Pfizer vaccine.

However, everything remains very fluid as the CDC just recommended the boosters on Wednesday.

"We are waiting for further guidance and supply from the New Jersey Department of Health and CDC," cautioned Hagerty.

The Biden administration will start rolling out the booster shots to the states starting Sept. 20.

The Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute of Health and President Biden recommended that everyone should get booster shots of the vaccine, starting eight months after they got the Moderna or Pfizer shot. The CDC said it is still analyzing if those who got Johnson & Johnson need a booster.

Woodbridge has been giving out the vaccines for free from the Woodbridge Health Center, at 2 George Frederick Plaza. The clinic will be open Thursday, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. No appointment needed.

Woodbridge's case numbers continue to climb; Mayor John McCormac has said for weeks now the case counts "are moving in the wrong direction."

Woodbridge had 145 new cases of coronavirus last Friday, making this the town's highest week since the end of April. Last Wednesday, Aug. 11, saw the most cases since since April 19.

So far in the month of August, Woodbridge has had 246 new COVID cases with 24 (just under 10 percent) being children under 10. Twenty six of those cases were in children between ages 10 and 20.

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