Though cases and deaths continue to grow in New Jersey, more than 6,300 patients with the coronavirus or under investigation for it have been discharged from hospitals since April 4, state officials said Wednesday.
It was the first time officials gave a total number of New Jersey residents recovering from the virus after requiring treatment in a hospital.
“While the numbers we report every day are grim, over 6,000 discharges is a reminder people are getting better and overcoming this illness,” state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Wednesday during the state’s daily coronavirus briefing… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 15th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on At least 6K coronavirus patients have been discharged from N.J. hospitals, officials say
Corna Gossage picked up on the second ring Tuesday afternoon when we called seeking a good story or two from her husband on the death of Yankees managing partner Hank Steinbrenner.
“Rick,” she called out once, twice, three times. “I can’t find him.”
Goose Gossage, aka Rich on most of his baseball cards and Rick to everyone in his hometown in Colorado Springs, Colo., answered on our third call.
As usual, the 68-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher and Yankees legend got off topic and didn’t hold back.Gossage, who is two years into a probable lifetime ban from Yankees spring training coaching and Old-Timers… Read the rest of this entry »
(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
With New Jersey cases and deaths still rising, though at a slower rate, health officials now predict the state’s peak in hospitalizations with the coronavirus will hit 15,922 patients on April 25 — 11 days from now.
State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli cautioned that the three models the state is using to prepare for the surge in patients change daily with new data and as the state pushes into the fourth week of a stay-at-home orderthat significantly increased social distancing on March 21.
Of the 15,922 people projected to be hospitalized at the new peak, 3,821 are expected to be in crit… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 14th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on N.J. coronavirus peak now 11 days away with 16K hospitalizations expected, health officials say
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.
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
Social distancing is one of the hardest parts of the CO-VID 19 pandemic, especially in how it prevents us reaching out to family and loved ones. A trio of Monmouth county-based small business owners and corporate professionals have started a new initiative to help bridge that gap between friends and families, in a way that keeps them healthy and also supports workers affected by the pandemic.
By purchasing a “SaniGram”, a person can send a friend or loved one a single-use hand sanitizer along with a message saying the sender cares, without the sender having to leave their home. Sending a SaniGra… Read the rest of this entry »
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.
