A small Monmouth County nursing home has seen 50 residents test positive for coronavirus, all while having its employee ranks thinned by 30 percent due to sick or quarantined staff.
The number of sick may be dozens fewer than at some larger nursing homesaround the state, but at Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Freehold, it represents the vast majority of its 63 residents. The facility had 49 residents test positive but also admitted another new resident who was positive, as required by the state, according to a spokeswoman.
Monmouth County has 4,414 positive cases of COVID-19 as and 206 deaths due to the virus, as of April 17, 2020, according to County officials and the NJ Department of Health.
Robert Webber, a member of the Middletown First Aid Squad,the Port Monmouth Fire Company and the Middletown Fire Department’s Air Unit is among the departed.
Jim Keady sat down and shut up for three months after dropping out of the race for the Democrat nomination for the House seat in New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District. Now he says he’s having conversations about entering the race as a third party candidate.
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.
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.
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 »
Given the circumstances that required us to celebrate differently
this year, I still hope everyone had a happy Easter and Passover.
As our nation and state
continue to deal with the effects and severity of COVID-19, I want to let you
know that myself and the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders continue
to work with local, state and federal officials to ensure our residents are
receiving the information and support needed during this unprecedented time. We
continue – and will continue – to advocate on behalf of our business community
and its employees.
New Jersey Air Guard Airmen from the 108th Wing provide traffic control at a COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. The testing site, established in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is staffed by the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey State Police, and the New Jersey National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
The FEMA supported COVID-19 drive-through testing site at the PNC Arts Center, Garden State Parkway mile 116 in Holmdel has been closed today, Monday April 13, due to forecast high winds, according to NJ’s COVID-19 information hub.
The site is scheduled to open again on Weds, April 15 at 8 am.
