Many public health experts believe only way to prevent second surge is by tracing the contacts of those who test positive; New Jersey could need thousands of contact tracers
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s daily press briefing at the the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ on April 24, 2020, regarding updates on the corona virus.
By Ian T. Shearn, NJSpotlight
Now that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations appears to be in decline, New Jersey officials are starting to game-plan how to ease restrictions and start reopening commerce. Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to outline the broad parameters of a plan for that today.
Middletown Township Committee members practicing social distancing on TakeoutThursday
As they look to do better from latest federal aid package, the big question for small business owners concerns access to working capital
By John Reitmeyer, NJSpotlight
The adoption of a new federal aid package with billions of dollars in new funding for small businesses comes just as officials in New Jersey are beginning to give more attention to what the state’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will look like.
The new aid package signed into law by President Donald Trump includes at least $250 billion for small businesses, as well as significant funding for hospitals and testing initiatives that are considered crucial for addressing both public health and economic recovery goals.
NJ’s commercial fishing industry is fifth largest in US; its sales have cratered in the pandemic
By Andrew S. Lewis, NJSpotlight
From Delaware Bay oysters to Atlantic scallops, the state’s fisheries are struggling to survive as retail sales dry up.
In the town of Port Norris, on South Jersey’s Delaware Bayshore, the first weeks of spring have for well over a century marked the beginning of the annual oyster harvest, a time when the waters of the Maurice River burst to life with a commercial fleet eager for prosperous days ahead. But as the first few weeks of the season come to a close, Port Norris remains still, a sign of just how deep the COVID-19 pandemic has drilled into the state’s economy.
New Jersey Governor Phil MurphyÕs daily press briefing at the the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ on April 24, 2020, regarding updates on the corona virus.
The coronavirus death toll in New Jersey increased Sunday to 5,938 people, with 109,038 total cases statewide, though the total number of state residents hospitalized dropped to a three-week low with 6,573 patients under treatment for a confirmed or suspected case.
The numbers announced by Gov. Phil Murphy include 75 additional deaths and 3,730 new positive tests reported in the last 24 hours. As has been the practice on Sundays during the outbreak, Murphy did not hold an in-person coronavirus briefing and the latest results were posted online on the state Department of Health’s tracking website.Mo… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 26th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on N.J. coronavirus deaths increase to 5,938 with 109,038 cases statewide. 3,730 new positive tests confirmed.
Asbury Park rock club The Saint, a longtime promoter of local music that also hosted national acts, is no longer for sale, according to one of its owners.
“We are no longer selling, unless that wild 3 million dollar offer materializes,” Meg Kelly, an owner and operator, wrote on Facebook Wednesday.
“Humbly, we thank you for the enormous show of support, kind words and positive energy in these dark times. Our friends have organized a fundraiserfor us and we are in communication with like minded folks with a strong interest in investing with us,” Kelly’s post said.Kelly last week announced the icon… Read the rest of this entry »
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s agency, road testing and inspection facilities will remain closed at least until May 11, Commissioner Sue Fulton announced today.
The MVC facilities have been closed since March 13 due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Chinese government must be held accountable for the Covid-19 disinformation campaign it has waged against the world. This propaganda operation has ground the global economy to an almost full stop and contributed to the death of tens of thousands. Few places have not felt the impact of the misinformation and purposely incomplete data the Chinese Communist dictatorship released after the pandemic began in its borders. Whether the chatter in global intelligence circles that Covid-19 was engineered pans out or not, we must always bear in mind that this a regime which holds a million Uighar Muslims in concentration camps, arrests Christians and followers of Falun Gong regularly for freely exercising faith, and which not so many months ago, was facing massive protests by Hong Kongers objecting to the erosion of their freedoms enjoyed nowhere else in the Chinese dictatorship. Bottom line, the Chinese Communist dictatorship lied and people around the world died.
New York (AFP) – Billionaire Mike Bloomberg will help build an “army” of coronavirus tracers to help New York — America’s COVID-19 epicenter — get up and running again, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday.
The former mayor of New York City will contribute more than $10 million to the effort, which will involve testing, tracing and then isolating residents with the deadly virus.
“We have to put together a tracing army,” Cuomo told reporters.
He added that the state currently has 500 tracers but will need thousands, describing the project as a “super ambitious undertaking.” Cuomo said Bloom… Read the rest of this entry »
Congressman Chris Smith recorded this video in his Freehold office today, April 22, before heading to Washington to vote for the next phase of the COVID-19 emergency legislation which is on the docket tomorrow.
The government of Taiwan has sent 300,000 medical masks to New Jersey for use by medical personnel and first responders, 200,000 of which arrived at a Morris County warehouse today, Congressman Chris Smith announced.
“I want to thank the people of democratic Taiwan for standing with us during New Jersey’s hour of need,” said Smith. “As of today, the full shipment has arrived at a NJ warehouse where it can be distributed to our first responders and healthcare professionals on the frontlines throughout the state,” he added. “We in New Jersey—the second hardest-hit state in the union—had previously received 100,000 masks out of one million recently sent to the U.S. by the Taiwanese people, and this additional 200,000 is most welcome and necessary.”
