Alert: Governor Murphy Expands Eligibility for
New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include individuals ages 55-64, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, higher education educators and staff, and communications and utility infrastructure workers among others.

Beginning Monday, April 5, the following groups are eligible for vaccination:

• Individuals ages 55-64;
• 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, cable/fiber/optical/broadband/cellular service workers; and,
• Librarians and support staff at municipal, county, and state libraries.

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