New Jersey’s veterans memorial homes have also been “severely impacted” by the still-growing coronavirus outbreak, the state’s top health official said Wednesday.
The state has three living facilities for military veterans — in Paramus, Edison, and Vineland. As of Thursday afternoon, 58 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and 14 have died from it, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said.
The Paramus home has been hit particularly hard, with 40 confirmed cases, five residents hospitalized, and 10 deaths from COVID-19, Persichilli said.She added that the homes have had “staffing is… Read the rest of this entry »
State officials, nonprofit leaders offer advice on where to turn as, with businesses shutting down, thousands lose insurance along with jobs
By Jon Hurdle, NJSpotlight
Many thousands of New Jerseyans have lost their employer-paid health insurance as businesses across the state have closed their doors in the COVID-19 pandemic, and now employees are scrambling for coverage through Obamacare or Medicaid.
State officials and nonprofit leaders offered advice on Wednesday on how to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicaid, and on where to turn if you are among the estimated 500,000 people who were uninsured even before the coronavirus hit.
Some 70% of New Jersey employees get their health insurance through their employer, and so loss of a job often means loss of health coverage, said Maura Collinsgru, health care program director for New Jersey Citizen Action, a liberal advocacy group that provides direct services to low- and moderate- income people.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced new restrictions aiming at curbing the spread of the coronavirusin New Jersey, ordering all employees and shoppers at the businesses allowed to stay open to wear face coverings.
Businesses must also limit the number of customers allowed inside stores to a max of 50% of their capacity. The governor previously ordered a widespread shut down of businesses in the state, among other sweeping measures to combat the contagious pathogen. Some stores, including supermarkets, were deemed as essential and permitted to keep open.
Also on Wednesday, officials announced t… Read the rest of this entry »
Without relief, property owners hit hard by illness or income loss will have to cover payments due May 1 or incur penalties
Homeowners are facing a May 1 deadline for paying property taxes.
By JOHN REITMEYER , NJSpotlight
To ease the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey homeowners have been granted mortgage relief from banks and a reprieve from evictions. But no such help has been approved thus far from local property tax bills.
That means many homeowners who are dealing with economic hardships caused by severe illness, the loss of a job or a shuttered business are also being forced to cover quarterly property tax payments by a state-imposed May 1 deadline.
Potentially making matters worse for thousands of New Jersey homeowners is the state’s recent freezing of all funding for the next installment of Homestead property-tax relief benefits. They were supposed to be paid out by the state as direct credits to effectively reduce those May quarterly bills, but Trenton is facing its own economic shortfalls.
New Jersey officials reported the coronavirus death toll has increased to 1,232 and total cases in the state have hit 44,416 on Tuesday with 3,361 new positive tests in the last 24 hours and the projected peak for the state still likely weeks away.
“It’s almost unfathomable when you think about it — 1,232 lost lives,” Gov. Phil Murphy said during his daily coronavirus press briefing Tuesday afternoon. The numbers included 232 new deaths – the highest single-day increase during the outbreak. Officials said 10% of the fatalities have been residents of long-term care facilities.“We honor their legac… Read the rest of this entry »
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John P. Maldjian, the Rumson man charged with reckless endangerment and other charges related to violating Governor Phil Murphy’s social distancing orders, has hired one of New Jersey’s top criminal defense attorneys to defend him against the disorderly persons charges filed by the Rumson Police.
She is a disease detective these days, conducting phone interviews with coronavirus patients to trace where they have traveled and who they have seen, starting three days before they felt sick.
The objective? Document the chains of infection and figure out where COVID-19 will strike next. “Find out who’s been exposed and did not know about it,” Noonan said. The data informs the state’s communicable disease registry, allowing public health officials to track the pandemic.
Noonan, normally a nurse at Elizabeth’s Nicholas Murray Butler School, is volunteering in the fight… Read the rest of this entry »
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UPDATE:Maldjian’s attorney says there was no corona party and his client will plead not guilty. Read the statement here.
John P. Maldjian, photo via facebook
John P. Maldjian, 54, of 147 Black Point Road in Rumson, has been charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and two separate charges related to violating the emergency orders, according to a report at NewJerseyGlobe.The charges stem from the corona party Maldijian held at his home on Saturday evening, April 4.
