Amanda and Johnny Ho of Freehold donating masks to CentraState Medical Center
There have been 4,133 positive tests for COVID-19 in Monmouth County, as of April 15, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley. The NJ Department of Heath reports 167 deaths in the County, due to the virus.
This represents an increase of 130 cases (3.3%) and 22 deaths (15.2%) overnight.
(USA Features) U.S. intelligence agencies are currently investigating whether the coronavirus may have escaped from a Chinese lab in Wuhan city where research is done on highly contagious diseases, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday that initial information indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be a “natural” event that stemmed from animal-to-human transmission.
But he also noted published reports indicating that the virus may have occurred after escaping a research lab.“It should be no surprise that… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 15th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:China, COVID-19, Gen Mark Milley, Wuhan | Comments Off on Joint Chiefs chairman: U.S. probing whether coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab
Seventy-two years
ago, this week—on April 7, 1948—the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded
to organize global responses to infectious disease pandemics that respect no
national boundaries.
Its effectiveness depends heavily on
the good will of its member states, and the competence and trustworthiness of
its leadership.
The coronavirus pandemic revealed
China’s malign influence on the leadership of WHO, and a glaring accountability
and transparency deficit at WHO centered around Director-General Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus.
Glen Dalakian, president of Colts Neck Community Church, announced a giving program today and invited all to participate.
Gathering Gifts to Givevolunteers will accept Encouragement Gifts for medical personnel and first responders as well as Support Gifts for those in need on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and on Sunday, April 19 from noon till 4 p.m. at the Church’s parking lot at 25 Merchants Way, Colts Neck, NJ 07722.
American Restoration technicians disinfecting an ambulance
Monmouth County has 138 news positive COVID-19 cases on April 14, bringing the total to 4,003, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley. The NJ Department of Heath is reporting that 145 County residents have succumbed to the virus.
Senator Declan O’Scanlon today called on the Legislature and Governor’s office to coordinate efforts to spearhead a rebirth of New Jersey’s once world-leading manufacturing and pharmaceutical research and production industries.
“The time is right now for New Jersey to be planning to take a lead role in re-domesticating these critical industries” said Senator O’Scanlon. “We still have the educated workforce, we still have incredible research universities, we still have the capital and investment resources and we still have the foundation of industrial knowledge and capability that made New Jersey the pharmaceutical and industrial capital of the world last century.
Some attendants are already sick; social distancing is impossible at the pump; stations are cutting back hours or shutting down entirely
By Tom Johnson, NJSpotlight
With gas stations closing as attendants quit because they’re afraid of contracting COVID-19, a trade organization is asking the Murphy administration to lift temporarily the ban on self-service gasoline.
In a series of letters to Gov. Phil Murphy, the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, and Automotive Association is urging the state to allow self-service stations as a way of easing the staffing concerns and other issues its members are facing due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Attendants at gasoline stations — some of whom have already tested positive for the coronavirus — are walking off their jobs. Owners are trimming back how long the stations are open. Some owners are worried that if the pandemic persists they may end up closing their stations permanently, according to Sal Risalvato, executive director of the association.
Guidelines call for triage teams to save lives and life-years; Murphy and Persichilli insist no patient would be excluded based on age, race, sex, gender identity and other concerns
By Lilo H. Stainton, NJSpotlight
While there are some signs the impact of the coronavirus may be lessening in New Jersey, state officials have distributed guidelines to help hospitals allocate patient resources if there are widespread shortages of things like ventilators or other critical-care supplies.
State Department of Health commissioner Judith Persichilli said the “triage guidelines” issued Saturday evening would not be activated unless a hospital’s intensive-care capacity was overwhelmed and assistance or supplies could not be provided by another facility in the region.
The document outlines a decision-making framework that a triage team can use to assign a score to patients in need of critical care — whether they have COVID-19 or another condition — based in part on the likelihood of short- and long-term survival. These scores would be used to determine who is allocated resources if there are not enough to go around.
Posted: April 14th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19, New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey, NJSpotlight | Comments Off on State Distributes ‘Triage Guidelines’ to Allocate Medical Resources If No Other Options Exist
Colleges and career institutes in New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District will receive $24 million in emergency COVID-19 funding from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion stimulus bill to help communities devastated by the coronavirus pandemic signed by President Trump on March 27, according to an announcement from Congressman Chris Smith.
