For many of us, hours have become days and days have become weeks. Sure, the idea of “opening the economy” is nice. The reality, however, is that we could be far from any real change in the situation. For the struggling restaurant industry, this is devastating.
As we have previously reported, some restaurants are responding to this with newly started curbside pickup. Some are using delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash, and UberEats to get food to customers.
Others have even created DIY, interactive food kits to sell their wares.Another type of much appreciated transition that’s happening f… Read the rest of this entry »
Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, is putting himself in “modified quarantine” after possibly being exposed to a White House staffer with coronavirus, CNN reported Saturday.
Fauci, 79, told CNN correspondent Jake Tapper that the contact was “low risk” — meaning he did not have direct contact with the sick staffer.
A test Friday found Fauci did not have COVID-19, CNN reported.
Fauci plans to be tested every day, and will work from home wearing a mask, the network said. Fauci might eventually go to his office at the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious … Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 10th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, The White House | Comments Off on Fauci headed to ‘modified quarantine’ after exposure to White House staffer with coronavirus
U.S. Army Spc. Jabari Ashanti, a Combat Medic with the 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard (NJARNG), checks a resident’s blood pressure at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park in Edison, N.J., April 17, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
Many New Jerseyans in today’s COVID-19 world will have to observe Mother’s Day Sunday without their mother – and not just because of social distancing requirements. Coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on elderly moms (and dads).
The state’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities for the elderly have accounted for more than half of New Jersey’s 9,116 coronavirus fatalities. Additionally, through Saturday, 26,031 COVID-19 cases have been reported at 515 long-term care facilities across the state, making it impossible for many thousands of Jerseyans to give thanks to their mothers in person.
There were 74 new COVID-19 cases in the May 9 report for Monmouth County, bringing the total to 6,885, according to Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley.
The NJ Department of Health reports 439 COVID-19 deaths in the County, up from 429 on May 8.
Don’t forget to #shoplocal this weekend. New Jersey’s small business community needs our support now more than ever and if you can, find some way to help out. pic.twitter.com/an3zUBNLYC
Monmouth County reported 119 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the County to 6,781 since the pandemic broke out, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley.
The New Jersey Department of Health reports that 429 County residents have succumbed to the virus.
At least 150 protesters descended on New Jersey’s Statehouse Thursday to blast the restrictions Gov. Phil Murphy has put in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
With chants of “open New Jersey now” and “freedom over fear” and American flags and Trump banners waving, the protesters demanded Murphy effectively reopen the state.The group, which ignored social-distancing guidelines by congregating and crowding close together, ended the protest outside the Trenton War Memorial, where Murphy holds his daily coronavirus briefings.At Thursday’s briefing, Murphy announced another at least 254… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey, Protests | Comments Off on Protesters return to Trenton to demand Murphy reopen N.J.
Gov. Phil Murphy has not yet provided a timeline for when he’ll further reopen New Jersey from near-lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but he gave a window Wednesday night into what might come next.
That, he said, includes guidance for beaches, nonessential construction resuming, and some businesses offering curbside pickup and delivery.
“We’ll continue, as the curves come down and we lay out what the testing and contact tracing look like — you can expect that over the next week or so — we’ll continue to take other what I call baby steps,” Murphy said during his “Ask the Governor” televis… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:COVID-19, New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on Beaches, construction sites, curbside businesses may be next to reopen, Murphy says
Middletown Jewelry and Junction Boutique Gift Shop, Belford
Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Monmouth) called on the Murphy administration to allow for a limited reopening of small gift shops and jewelry stores in advance of Mother’s Day.
Amanda and Johnny Ho at CentraState with donated medical masks
There are 87 new COVID-19 cases as of May 5 in Monmouth County, bring the total to 6,521, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley announce. 398 County residents have succumbed to the virus, according to the NJ Department of Health.
