A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Monmouth
County, and now thousands of people who had their appointments canceled
will be rescheduled.
Weather, delays and shipment issues are finally starting to ease in the
county, and vaccine distribution is restarting at the mass vaccination site at
Brookdale Community College.
Commissioner Tom Arnone says the county received 5,000 doses Monday.
The sites affected are the two county-run centers at Brookdale and at
the county ag building in Freehold.
Appointments at the college have been canceled since last
Wednesday due to the extreme weather across the country, as well as a lack of
supply.
Anyone who was scheduled for their first and second doses last week will
be called and rescheduled. Anyone who was scheduled for a vaccine Monday will
report to that location on March 1.
Arnone says the delay in
vaccine shipment wiped out around 2,500 appointments, which now will be
rescheduled.