New Jersey CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 UPDATES
wednESday, AUGUST 12
NJ SCHOOLS CAN CHOOSE TO
BEGIN YEAR ALL-REMOTE
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On Friday, the New Jersey Department of Education issued full guidance on what School Reopening will entail. Further guidance on All-Remote learning will be released later this week. Today, from Governor Phil Murphy: "Today, I’m signing an Executive Order officially clearing both our Public and Non-public pre-K through 12 schools and our Colleges and Universities to reopen for upcoming academic year. As many of our colleges and universities have continued offering classes during the summer, in-person instruction may fully resume as long as social distancing and other protections are strictly adhered to. Any student who chooses to continue remote learning must be accommodated. Throughout the summer, we’ve continued to work alongside our school districts and educational communities: including educators, parents, and other stakeholders, to ensure that plans are in place to ensure the safety of all students and staff come the beginning of the school year. There is no one-size-fits-all plan to this difficult education situation. We’re home to nearly 600 public school districts, plus Charter and Renaissance schools, Non-public and Parochial schools, and other specialized places of learning. Each one faces its own unique challenges. New Jersey’s system of education has long been rooted in local control and decision-making based on local input. I would not ask the students and parents in Willingboro to decide what’s best for East Brunswick’s schools, and vice versa. For the past six weeks, we’ve relied upon the work of local educational communities to determine the best way for their schools to reopen. We’ve provided significant flexibility while also adjusting expectations based on the latest science and data. At every twist and turn in the road, we’ve been willing to listen, to learn, and to act accordingly. |
This clear principle has guided us from the very start: we are flexible because we value listening.
We are listening because we value flexibility. The New Jersey Department of Education has put forth strong guidelines that put a premium on the health and safety of students and staff while providing avenues by which in-person instruction can safely resume. Public and Non-public schools must certify to the department that they are able to meet these standards. School districts that cannot meet all health and safety standards for safe in-person instruction will begin their school year with All-Remote Learning. Public school districts must show:
Our goal has not changed. Our commitment to meeting the conditions on the ground with flexibility has not changed. Our focus on protecting students, families, and educators has not changed. When our schools open in September, they must be ready to safely provide the high-quality education to all students that is a hallmark of New Jersey. We know the first day of school is not going to be like any other in our history. We’re fully committed to getting this right." |
TUESday, AUGUST 11
RUTGERS: BIG TEN CANCELS FALL SEASON
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Aug. 11
Includes all Contests and Championships; Winter season has not been determined 🔷 COLLEGES
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🔷 SPORTS
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THURSday, AUGUST 6
WEDNESday, AUGUST 5
NORTH JERSEY PSE&G COMFORT STATIONS
From PSE&G "PSE&G has set up several Customer Comfort Stations. Following physical distancing and state health guidelines, customers can receive free water and ice. We ask that upon arrival, you drive up and open your trunk so our employees can place water and ice in it. The comfort stations will be open: tomorrow, Aug. 6, and Friday, Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Locations are below.
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SELF-QUARANTINE STATES
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MONday, AUGUST 3
NJ RATE OF TRANSMISSION (RT) HAS RISEN TO 1.48
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Aug. 3, 2020
Rate of Transmission is the Rate a Contagious Infection spreads from one person to another person.
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This number can only be recorded by assessment of Positive Tests, and cannot take into consideration anyone Infected who was not Tested.
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INDOOR GATHERINGS: 25 PEOPLE MAXIMUMMonday, Aug. 3
🔺 FACE COVERS / 6-FEET CONTINUES MANDATED
from Governor Phil Murphy "We are re-tightening the restriction on indoor gatherings. Until further notice, indoor gatherings are now limited to 25% of a room’s capacity – with a MAXIMUM of 25 persons, down from 100. To be clear, this tightening caps indoor house parties at 25 people – period. The following may continue under the current rules: limited to 25% of a room’s capacity, but with a maximum of 100 persons: - Weddings - Funerals - Memorial services - Religious and political activities protected under the First Amendment " 
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STUDENTS: FACE COVERS MANDATED AT ALL TIMES INDOORSMonday, Aug. 3
From Governor Phil Murphy "Face coverings will be required for all students at all times while inside a school building, regardless of social distancing, unless doing so would inhibit the individual’s health. The updated guidance from NJ Department of Education on face coverings for students will also include several exceptions to this standard including an exception for certain students with disabilities. Additionally, NJ Department of Education is sharing its checklist of specific items that its country offices of education will use to ensure that district plans meet our guidelines. The Department is also currently finalizing a FAQ document about reopening plans." 
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FRIday, JULY 31
HACKENSACK: CUSTOMER REFUSING TO WEAR FACE COVER ASSAULTED ANOTHER CUSTOMER, BREAKING HER LEGJuly 31
🔺 NO ONE COMES TO CUSTOMER'S ASSISTANCE from Hackensack Police Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt ▪️ Margot Kagan, 54, of Teaneck was using Hackensack Staples' copy machine Wednesday afternoon ▪️ Woman wearing a face cover pulled below her mouth approached Kagan ▪️ Kagan asked the woman to pull up her face cover ▪️ Kagan had recently had surgery, and is using a cane during recovery ▪️ The Woman became angry at Kagan, approached her and started yelling ▪️ Kagan "pointed the cane within inches of the woman’s chest" ▪️ Woman threw Kagan to the floor ▪️ Kagan broke her leg during fall ▪️ Ambulance took Kagan to Hackensack University Medical Center ▪️ For the 47 seconds shown in Video, no one intervenes or comes to the Customer's assistance. ▪️ Suspect: Black, 5' 5" to 5' 8", about 160 ▪️ Hackensack Police: 201-646-7777 / www.bergencrimestoppers.org Video: Jerry DeMarco |
NJ RATE OF TRANSMISSION (RT) HAS RISEN TO 1.35
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wednesday, JULY 29
LONG BEACH ISLAND: 35 LIFEGUARDS TEST POSITIVE / HALF ARE ASYMPTOMATICJuly 29 from the Long Beach Island Health Department ▪️ 35 lifeguards have been diagnosed ▪️ 17 from Surf City, 18 from Harvey Cedars ▪️ Half of those tested have no symptoms ▪️ Cases linked to July 12 and July 14 gatherings "The Youth and Young Adults should recognize they are not immune to this virus. It is imperative to understand how individuals conduct themselves both inside and especially outside of work, can have significant implications on their own risk to acquire Covid-19 and transmit it to their family, friends and potentially co-workers. Based on our investigation so far, the workplace was not the source of transmission and practices likely prevented additional cases." As A Reminder: Covid-19 Spreads through Asymptomatic Persons. Studies since January have shown this to be the case, repeatedly. Most of the earliest reports came out of China - another early report came out of Germany on March 5, 2020: Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany 
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RUTGERS FOOTBALL: 15 PLAYERS TEST POSITIVEJuly 29
from the New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli:
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TUESDAY, JULY 28
SELF-QUARANTINE STATES
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🔷 AS OF TUE JULY 28
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🔺 ANYONE WHO HAS VISITED THOSE STATES IN PAST 14 DAYS IS REQUIRED TO SELF-QUARANTINE
"Travelers and those residents who are returning from impacted states should self-quarantine at their home, hotel, or other temporary lodging. Individuals should leave the place of self-quarantine only to seek medical care/treatment or to obtain food and other essential items." _______ 🔺 EXEMPTIONS: ▪️ Business Travel ▪️ Critical Infrastructure Workers ▪️ Seasonal Migrant Farm Workers ▪️ Covid19 Testing |
SATURday, JULY 25
NJ RATE OF TRANSMISSION (RT) IS 1.09
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July 25, 2020
Rate of Transmission is the Rate a Contagious Infection spreads from one person to another person.
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This number can only be recorded by assessment of Positive Tests, and cannot take into consideration anyone Infected who was not Tested.
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TUESday, JULY 21
SELF-QUARANTINE STATES
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🔷 AS OF TUE JULY 21
▪️ Alabama ▪️ Alaska ▪️ Arkansas ▪️ Arizona ▪️ California ▪️ Delaware ▪️ Florida ▪️ Georgia ▪️ Idaho ▪️ Indiana ▪️ Iowa ▪️ Kansas ▪️ Louisiana ▪️ Maryland ▪️ Mississippi ▪️ Missouri ▪️ Montana ▪️ Nebraska ▪️ Nevada ▪️ New Mexico ▪️ North Carolina ▪️ North Dakota ▪️ Ohio ▪️ Oklahoma ▪️ South Carolina ▪️ Tennessee ▪️ Texas ▪️ Utah ▪️ Virginia ▪️ Washington ▪️ Wisconsin |
🔺 ANYONE WHO HAS VISITED THOSE STATES IN PAST 14 DAYS IS REQUIRED TO SELF-QUARANTINE
"Travelers and those residents who are returning from impacted states should self-quarantine at their home, hotel, or other temporary lodging. Individuals should leave the place of self-quarantine only to seek medical care/treatment or to obtain food and other essential items." _______ 🔺 EXEMPTIONS: ▪️ Business Travel ▪️ Critical Infrastructure Workers ▪️ Seasonal Migrant Farm Workers ▪️ Covid19 Testing |
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NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN:
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THURsDAY, aPr.16
DAY 44
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEThur. Apr. 16 - 1pm Day 44 from Governor Phil Murphy "I am heartbroken by the tragic news that several individuals have lost their lives in a coronavirus outbreak at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Centers. I am outraged that the bodies of the dead were allowed to pile up in a makeshift morgue at the facility. New Jerseyans living in our long-term care facilities deserve to be cared for with respect, compassion, and dignity. We can and must do better. I have asked the Office of the Attorney General to look into this matter, as well as to do a review of all long-term care facilities that have experienced a disproportionate number of deaths during the Covid-19 outbreak and to take any appropriate action. State Health Commissioner Persichilli has also directed the Department of Health’s Communicable Disease Service, in coordination with the local health department, to enforce critical safety measures and protocols. A team has been deployed to assist the center, its staff, and its residents." _______________________________ 🔺 4,391 New Patients / 🔺 75,317 NJ Total Patients 🙏🏻 362 Newly Deceased / 🙏🏻 3,518 NJ Total Deceased 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS 8,224 in all NJ hospitals
🙏🏻 362 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 3,518 NJ Total Deceased
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES UPDATE
🔷 FEMA FIELD HOSPITAL UPDATES / TIER 4: CONTINUED CARE Dr. Shereef Elnaha, President and CEO at University Hospital, Newark "We’ve reached over 100 admissions to the Meadowlands Field Hospital, where recovering Covid19 patients can go to get better. It means people are getting better. We will get through this." ______________________________ 🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH END OF MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Thursday, Apr. 16
🔺 NJ HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
_______________________________ 🔷 NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS CONTINUE CLOSED THROUGH AT LEAST MAY 15 __________________________ 🔷 MULTI-STATE REOPENING STUDY COMMITTEE PANEL Comprised of 1 of each, from each state. New Jersey's panel members:
🔷 CORPORATE DONORS
NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN:
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ANDOVER LONG TERM FACILITIES UPDATE
IMAGE: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images
Thursday, Apr. 16
Andover Subacute And Rehab is comprised of 2 units, directly across the street from each other in Lafayette Township. Together they are the largest long term facility in New Jersey. The owner, Alliance HC Holdings out of Lakewood, is officiated by Chaim Scheinbaum and Louis Schwartz. According to Andover Township Police Department Chief Eric C. Danielson, this week his team located 17 bodies piled inside the Facility's small morgue intended to hold no more than 4 people. The police uploaded a letter from the Andover Facility's owner which states: "The backup and after hours holiday weekend issues, plus more than average deaths, contributed to the presence of more deceased that normal in the facility holding room." The Andover Facility was already investigated this year when the State Health Department determined by camera that on Jan. 21, a resident was able to leave the Facility at 3:30am through a loading door and climb over a 7-foot fence. The resident was found by Housekeeping staff at 4:45am, sitting on frozen ground, in a short-sleeve shirt and pants, without a coat, socks, or shoes. The outside temperature was -4 degrees. Police later identified the resident as a 75-year-old woman.
from NJ Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli 🔷 Covid19 Andover Facility Report Totals as of Wednesday, April 15:
🔷 Non-Covid19 Report Totals as of Wednesday, April 15:
🔷 INFORMATION BY FACILITY: Andover Subacute And Rehab 1 1 O'Brien Lane, Andover Administrator: Ms. Sonia Velmonte
Andover Subacute And Rehab 2 99 Mulford Road Andover Administrator: Ms. Cynthia Bradford
Information from Commissioner Persichilli:
from Governor Phil Murphy "I am heartbroken by the tragic news that several individuals have lost their lives in a coronavirus outbreak at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Centers. I am outraged that the bodies of the dead were allowed to pile up in a makeshift morgue at the facility. New Jerseyans living in our long-term care facilities deserve to be cared for with respect, compassion, and dignity. We can and must do better. I have asked the Office of the Attorney General to look in to this matter, as well as to do a review of all long-term care facilities that have experienced a disproportionate number of deaths during the Covid-19 outbreak and to take any appropriate action. State Health Commissioner Persichilli has also directed the Department of Health’s Communicable Disease Service, in coordination with the local health department, to enforce critical safety measures and protocols. A team has been deployed to assist the center, its staff, and its residents." 
IMAGE: NJ Department of Health
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WEDNesDAY, aPr.15
DAY 43
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEWed, Apr. 15 - 1pm Day 43 🔷 Reminder: 3 Months Extension: Tax Returns are Due July 15 from Governor Phil Murphy "I've seen the great homages to our health care workers. The good news is: Everyone had a mask on. The bad news is: They were gathering and they weren't even six feet apart." "We’re continuing to do everything we can to prepare for the absolute worst. We’ve:
🔺 2,625 New Patients / 🔺 71,030 NJ Total Patients 🙏🏻 351 Newly Deceased / 🙏🏻 3,156 NJ Total Deceased 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS 8,270 in all NJ hospitals
🙏🏻 351 Newly Deceased Including
🔷 RACE PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL DECEASED
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES UPDATE
🔷 NJ VETERANS HOMES UPDATE Administered by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 3 Veterans Homes, with a total of 800 residents
🔷 NJ PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS UPDATE 4 State Hospitals Patients:
🔷 FEMA FIELD HOSPITAL UPDATES / TIER 4: CONTINUED CARE
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH END OF MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Wednesday, Apr. 15
Covid19.nj.gov/forms/ppedonations 🔺 NJ HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
_______________________________ 🔷 MORTUARY AFFAIRS Due to the high amount of deaths:
🔷 Gov. Murphy Conversations Last Night / Today
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NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN:
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tuesDAY, aPr.14
DAY 42
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATETues, Apr. 14 - 1pm Day 42 from Governor Phil Murphy "We have to stay at home. Absolutely stay at home, unless it is essential for us to get out. And if we do go out we have to keep wearing our face coverings and keep at least six feet apart from each other." 🔺 4,059 New Patients 🔺 68,824 NJ Total Patients 🙏🏻 365 Newly Deceased 🙏🏻 2,805 NJ Total Deceased 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS 8,185 in all NJ hospitals
🙏🏻 365 Newly Deceased Including
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Tuesday, Apr. 14
🔷 BILL SIGNING: All employees forced to care for family members because of Covid19 allowed up to 12 weeks of family leave in a 24-month period without losing their jobs. 🔷 BILL SIGNING: Extending the tax filing deadline for income and corporate taxes, and for estimated payments, from April 15 to July 15. This bill also extends Fiscal Year 2020 to September 30, 2020. _______________________________ 💛 #NJThanksYou
FIRST RESPONDER / HEALTH CARE WORKER: THREE FREE DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITESTuesday, April 13
NJ State PBA is working with Accurate Diagnostic Labs
🔷 SITES:
IMAGE: Michael Mancuso / NJ.com
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NJ LONG TERM FACILITIES UPDATETuesday, April 14
from NJ State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli "As the situation continues to change rapidly, we are in regular contact with local health officials across the state. We hold daily calls with local health officials who are conducting public health investigations of positive cases and provide appropriate public health guidance." 🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
🔷 PPE DISTRIBUTION FROM CENTRAL TRENTON STOCKPILE The Department continues to work with long-term care facilities to deliver to them the supplies they need. As of last week, these facilities have received:
🔷 APR. 12 DIRECTIVE: NO NEW ADMISSIONS OR RE-ADMISSIONS TO ANY FACILITY UNABLE TO COHORT BY CLASSIFICATION AND PREVENT INFECTION Yesterday, the Department of Health sent guidance that will prohibit admissions or re-admissions of individuals if the facility has COVID-19 residents and the facility does not have the ability to cohort into three groups:
🔷 APR. 12: LONG TERM FACILITY STAFFING SUPPORT The Department of Health is supporting Long Term Facility directors by providing them with:
🔷 APR. 8 DIRECTIVE: LONG TERM FACILITIES TO CLASSIFY EMPLOYEES: Staff Members Classified As:
🔷 APR. 8 DIRECTIVE: LONG TERM FACILITIES TO REPORT PPE INVENTORY DAILY TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH _______________________________ 🔷 APR. 8 DIRECTIVE: COHORTING RESIDENTS BY CLASSIFICATION Since Apr. 8: All facilities are to classify, and then separate, residents into a different wing or another floor if possible. All facilities accessed to see if they are able to house positive residents in single rooms with private bathrooms. Residents are Classified As:
🔷 LONG TERM STAFF CNA SUBSTITUTE ALLOWANCES To fill in for those staff members who are ill or not at work, the Department of Health has allowed flexibility in nurse staffing standards and allowed the following to work as CNAs:
🔷 APR. 6: LONG TERM FACILITIES AGAIN REMINDED OF LEGAL NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR REPORTING COVID PATIENTS
🔷 MAR. 31 LONG TERM FACILITY UNIVERSAL MASKING DIRECTIVES: On Mar. 31, following a CDC study that suggested asymptomatic spread as well as pre-symptomatic spread in nursing homes, the Department required universal masking in long term facilities.
🔷 MAR. 14 ADDITIONAL LONG TERM FACILITY DIRECTIVES: On March 14, all were required to restrict visitors and also screen staff and medical professional visitors for:
_______________________________ 🔷 MAR. 9 FOLLOW UP ON LONG TERM FACILITY DIRECTIVES: Starting Mar.9, NJ DOH began series of conference calls with long-term care facility leaders to ensure all facilities in compliance with Mar. 4 directives _______________________________ 🔷 MAR. 6: LONG TERM FACILITIES REMINDED OF LEGAL NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS On March 6, long term facilities were reminded about their responsibility under the law to have outbreak plans that include clear policies for the notification of residents, staff and family members when infection cases have been identified in their facilities.
🔷 PRE-COVID (MAR. 4) LONG TERM FACILITY DIRECTIVES: On March 4, 2020, all NJ long term facilities were directed to do the following:
IMAGE: Michael Mancuso / NJ.com
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NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEMonday, Apr. 13 - 3pm
Day 41 from Governor Phil Murphy "We’re going through hell and back together right now. Let’s just do this once. Keep practicing social distancing. Keep staying home." 🔺 3,219 New Patients 🔺 64,584 Total NJ Patients 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS
🙏🏻 94 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 2,443 Total Deceased
Ages range from 20 to 103
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Tuesday, Apr. 14
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
🔷 NJ VETERANS HOMES UPDATE Administered by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
🔺 7 STATE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON REOPENING NJ, NY, CT, PA, DE, RI have formed a regional advisory council to help guide our re-opening once the emergency has passed. Massachusetts has joined this afternoon as well.
Comprised of 1 of each, from each state:
Governor Murphy: "We cannot act on our own. We must be smart & tactical in how our region comes out of this, or else we’ll be right back to square one." _______________________________ 🔺 NO SHUT OFF: PHONE AND INTERNET STAYS ON UNTIL 30 DAYS AFTER EMERGENCY ENDS Executive Order 126 AS LONG AS EMERGENCY ORDER IS IN EFFECT:
"Today I’m signing an Executive Order to prohibit Internet and phone services from being shut off until 30 days after our current public health emergency has ended. This is no time for anyone to have their connection to the world severed." _______________________________ 🔺 PPE
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🔷 LAW ENFORCEMENT COVID INFO
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SunDAY, aPr.12
DAY 40
REPORT PRICE GOUGING COMPLAINTS
Excessive price increases are illegal during a State of Emergency, and for 30 days after it's completion. Coronavirus State of Emergency began on 3/9/20
Report Online
CALL: 973- 504-6240
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COVID-19 Update for Consumers and Businesses: Combatting Price Gouging and Consumer Fraud
"We are asking residents to immediately report anyone seeking to illegally profit from public concern in response to this public health emergency,” said Paul R. Rodríguez, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. "The Division is actively investigating reports of price gouging, and stands ready to protect consumers by enforcing the law.”
Report Online
CALL: 973- 504-6240
- Voicemail:
- Leave your name
- contact information
- nature of the complaint
- Business name
- Business location
- Note the price of a good or service being sold, as well as the price prior to the declared State of Emergency, if known
- Leave your name
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COVID-19 Update for Consumers and Businesses: Combatting Price Gouging and Consumer Fraud
"We are asking residents to immediately report anyone seeking to illegally profit from public concern in response to this public health emergency,” said Paul R. Rodríguez, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. "The Division is actively investigating reports of price gouging, and stands ready to protect consumers by enforcing the law.”
SATURDAY, aPr.11
DAY 39
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Saturday, Apr. 11 - 1pm
Day 39
from Governor Phil Murphy
🔺3,599 New Patients
🔺58,151 Total NJ Patients
🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATION
🙏🏻 251 Newly Deceased
Including
🙏🏻 2,183 Total Deceased
🔷 NJ DECEASED RESULTS BY RACE
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
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🔷 PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES
🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS TIERED APPROACH
From Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli
🔷 TIER 1 and TIER 2: CRITICAL
Patients at Currently Working Hospitals
Patients requiring surgeries at US Naval ship Comfort and at reopened closed Hospitals:
Patients at FEMA Medical Hospitals
Patients at Hotels
Patients at Dorms
🔺URGENT NEED FOR HEALTH CARE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT MEADOWLANDS
SIGN UP HERE: Covid19.NJ.gov/Forms/Volunteer
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🔺 BARS-RESTAURANT STAFF MUST WEAR FACE COVERING AND GLOVES / CUSTOMERS PICKING UP FROM INSIDE MUST WEAR FACE COVERING
Executive Order: 122
▪️ Restaurants/Bars must provide face coverings and gloves to Staff
▪️ ONLY Customers who need to go inside to pick up an order must wear face covering
Governor Phil Murphy
"I am expanding the requirement to wear a face covering to ALL customers heading into one of the restaurants and bars that remain in operation as they get their takeout orders. If you’re not walking into an establishment, a face covering will not be required. We will require that restaurants and bars give face coverings and gloves to all their food-service personnel.
A face covering does not mean a medical-grade mask. There are any number of ways you can cover your mouth and nose with a bandana or a homemade fabric covering."
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🔺 BUSES-TRAINS REQUIRED TO LIMIT TO 50% CAPACITY / STAFF MUST WEAR GLOVES AND FACE COVERINGS / RIDERS MUST WEAR FACE COVERINGS
Executive Order: 125
Governor Phil Murphy
"I’m signing an Executive Order directing NJ TRANSIT and all private carriers to cut the capacity on all trains, buses, light rail vehicles, and paratransit vehicles to 50% of their maximum. This Executive Order also requires NJ Transit and the private carriers to supply their workers with gloves and face coverings. All riders are required to wear a face covering when traveling either on NJ TRANSIT or with a private carrier, unless they cannot for medical reasons."
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🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
Saturday, Apr. 11:
💛 #NJThanksYou
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🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
Day 39
from Governor Phil Murphy
🔺3,599 New Patients
🔺58,151 Total NJ Patients
🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATION
- 7,618 in all NJ hospitals
- Critical Care: 1,746
- Using Ventilators: 1,650 (95%)
- 682 Discharged from Critical Hospitals to continue care at Alternate FEMA Hospitals and US Naval Ship Comfort, Convalesce in Hotels, and recuperate at Home
- 111,410 tests performed on symptomatic people
- 49,368 were positive
🙏🏻 251 Newly Deceased
Including
- 19-Year Corrections Officer at East Jersey State Prison: Nelson Perdomo, 44, of Old Bridge
- US Army Vet, Hazlet Business Owners Association member, Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce member, Bayshore Senior Center member,
Youth Basketball Coach, John McCarthy - Pro-Bono civil rights attorney in 1963 St. Augustine, FL : Martin “Marty” Fox, 96
- Former Jersey City Police Officer and former 12-Year Jersey City Councilwoman Viola Richardson
Mayor Steven Fulop
"These times are hard. We are so sad to share the passing of former Councilwoman Viola Richardson. I served with her for eight years on the City Council and she defined “fighter” and “public servant”. She was a champion for her ward and a champion for Jersey City. RIP Viola."
🙏🏻 2,183 Total Deceased
🔷 NJ DECEASED RESULTS BY RACE
- 52% - White
- 22% - African American
- 17%- Hispanic
- 6% - Asian
- 3% investigating
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
- 305 Long Term facilities are reporting at least 1 positive patient out of 375 NJ facilities
- 4,179 Residents are positive out of 75,000 residents
- 15 of newly deceased
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🔷 PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES
- 160 Staff / 80 patients positive
- 5 deceased patients
🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS TIERED APPROACH
From Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli
🔷 TIER 1 and TIER 2: CRITICAL
Patients at Currently Working Hospitals
- Critical Care: 1,746
- Using Ventilators: 1,650
Patients requiring surgeries at US Naval ship Comfort and at reopened closed Hospitals:
- East Orange General Hospital
- Barnert Hospital (Paterson)
- Woodbury (Inspira Medical Center in Gloucester)
Patients at FEMA Medical Hospitals
- Meadowlands Convention Center / capacity 250
- Edison Convention Center / capacity 500
- Atlantic City Convention Center / capacity 250
Patients at Hotels
- Health Care workers who have tested positive
Patients at Dorms
- Asymptomatic individuals, including homeless
🔺URGENT NEED FOR HEALTH CARE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT MEADOWLANDS
SIGN UP HERE: Covid19.NJ.gov/Forms/Volunteer
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🔺 BARS-RESTAURANT STAFF MUST WEAR FACE COVERING AND GLOVES / CUSTOMERS PICKING UP FROM INSIDE MUST WEAR FACE COVERING
Executive Order: 122
▪️ Restaurants/Bars must provide face coverings and gloves to Staff
▪️ ONLY Customers who need to go inside to pick up an order must wear face covering
Governor Phil Murphy
"I am expanding the requirement to wear a face covering to ALL customers heading into one of the restaurants and bars that remain in operation as they get their takeout orders. If you’re not walking into an establishment, a face covering will not be required. We will require that restaurants and bars give face coverings and gloves to all their food-service personnel.
A face covering does not mean a medical-grade mask. There are any number of ways you can cover your mouth and nose with a bandana or a homemade fabric covering."
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🔺 BUSES-TRAINS REQUIRED TO LIMIT TO 50% CAPACITY / STAFF MUST WEAR GLOVES AND FACE COVERINGS / RIDERS MUST WEAR FACE COVERINGS
Executive Order: 125
Governor Phil Murphy
"I’m signing an Executive Order directing NJ TRANSIT and all private carriers to cut the capacity on all trains, buses, light rail vehicles, and paratransit vehicles to 50% of their maximum. This Executive Order also requires NJ Transit and the private carriers to supply their workers with gloves and face coverings. All riders are required to wear a face covering when traveling either on NJ TRANSIT or with a private carrier, unless they cannot for medical reasons."
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🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
Saturday, Apr. 11:
- Bergen Community College for ALL
- PNC Bank Arts Center for First Responders ONLY
- Sunday, Apr. 12: CLOSED
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- Shout out to David Placek of Montclair: His 12 tenants have a 3-month rent free holiday through June. "He exemplifies the spirit we need to see right now of people stepping up to make sure others can come out of this emergency stronger."
- Shout out to Warren Hills High School and Mount Olive High School that assembled 15,000 face shields
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🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
- Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation, from LaJolla: Donated 150,000 surgical masks and nearly 198,000 N95 masks
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, from Staines-Upon-Thames, UK: Donated 100 gallons of hand sanitizer
- Precious Cosmetics - in Lodi: Donated 100 bottles of hand sanitizer
FRIDAY, aPr.10
DAY 38
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEFriday, Apr. 10 - 10am Day 38 from Governor Phil Murphy "With a major holiday weekend upon us....Stay home, please, period." 🔺3,627 New Patients 🔺54,588 Total NJ Patients 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS
🔷 44% POSITIVITY RATE
🙏🏻 233 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 1,932 Total Deceased
Ages range from 20 to 103
🔷 NJ DECEASED RESULTS BY RACE
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
🔷 NJ VETERANS HOMES UPDATE Administered by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
🔷 PARAMUS VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME
🔷 MENLO PARK VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME
🔷 VINELAND VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME
🔷 NJ HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASSISTING WITH STAFFING
🔷 NJ NATIONAL GUARD ASSISTING WITH STAFFING As part of their normal assistance when active in state:
_______________________________ 🔺 SUPERVISED TEMPORARY HOME CONFINEMENT FOR LOW-RISK INMATES / EARLY PAROLE FOR SOME Working with the New Jersey Department of Corrections Executive Order 124 Governor Murphy: “My Administration’s top priority is the health and safety of all nine million New Jerseyans, including those who are currently incarcerated. The correctional setting presents unique challenges to social distancing, particularly for vulnerable populations. Allowing some of our most vulnerable individuals who do not pose a public safety threat to temporarily leave prison will protect both their health, and the health and safety of the men and women working in our correctional facilities. With this action, New Jersey will join several other states, and the federal government, in taking necessary steps to strike a balance between public health, public safety, and victims’ rights.” 🔷 LOW-RISK INMATES WHO MEET THESE STANDARDS: The Committee will consider all previous convictions when making recommendations for home confinement.
🔷 HOMELESS INMATES: NJ DOC Office of Transitional Services:
🔷 NJ JAILS UPDATE Administered by the New Jersey Department of Corrections CURRENTLY:
🔷 INTENSIVE CLEANING
🔷 NO VISITORS CONTINUES All family visits, non-essential vendors, community programs stopped
There are also additional Negative pressure rooms
🔷 PAROLE BOARD HEARINGS
_______________________________ 🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Friday, Apr. 10:
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thursDAY, aPr.9
DAY 37
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEThursday, Apr. 9 - 1pm Day 37 from Governor Phil Murphy 🔺3,748 New Patients 🔺51,027 Total NJ Patients 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS
🔷 44% POSITIVITY RATE
🙏🏻 198 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 1,700 Total Deceased
🔷 NJ DECEASED RESULTS BY RACE
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
🔷 NJ VETERANS HOMES Administered by the New Jersey Department of Military And Veterans Affairs 🔷 PARAMUS VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME
Combined numbers:
_______________________________ 🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed Thursday, Apr. 9:
🔷 $5 MILLION FEDERAL SUPPORT ALLOCATED TO NJ LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH Money will support:
🔷 FAITH COMMUNITIES Stay at home, with immediate household members only _______________________________ 🔺 GRACE PERIOD FOR INSURANCE PAYMENTS / CLAIMS MUST BE PAID OUT / BACK-PAYMENTS TO BE SPREAD OUT OVER REMAINDER OF TERMS Executive Order: 123 🔷 MINIMUM 60-DAY GRACE PERIOD:
🔷 90-DAY GRACE PERIOD:
🔷 CLAIMS MUST BE PAID OUT
🔷 BACK-PAYMENTS MUST BE SPREAD OUT OVER TERM
🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE LAST NIGHT: 🔷 CLINTON POLICE
🔷 CLAYTON POLICE
🔷 CHERRY HILL POLICE
🔷 BRICK POLICE
🔷 UNION CITY POLICE
🔷 CAMDEN POLICE
🔷 LINDENWOLD POLICE
🔷 ELIZABETH POLICE
🔷 NEWARK POLICE
🔷 UNION TOWNSHIP POLICE
🔷 NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE
🔷 PATERSON POLICE
🔷 MAURICE RIVER POLICE
🔷 RANDOLPH POLICE
🔷 PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP POLICE:
🔷 JERSEY CITY POLICE
🔷 KINNELON POLICE
🔷 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (“ABC”)
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wednesDAY, aPr.8
DAY 36
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEWednesday, Apr. 8 1pm Day 36 from Governor Phil Murphy "The story of Passover is powered by hope, freedom, and resilience. That message resonates with us now more than ever. Chag Pesach Sameach to the Jewish community throughout New Jersey and around the world." 🔺3,088 New Patients 🔺47,437 Total NJ Patients 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS
🙏🏻 272 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 1,504 Total Deceased
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES
_______________________________ 🔷 HOSPITALS TRANSFORMING GENERAL CARE PATIENT ROOMS TO CRITICAL CARE ROOMS Northern NJ Hospitals at maximum Critical Care capacity are creatively and aggressively re-purposing their General Patient rooms and workspaces.
_______________________________ 🔺 NJ LONG TERM FACILITIES STATEWIDE RESPONSE PLAN NJ State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli: "We are hoping that this planning can be implemented with the least amount of stress as possible for our elderly. Our goal is to keep those who have not been exposed, safe, and to ensure that those who are exposed or those who have tested positive get the care they need."
🔺 RESIDENTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED IF NECESSARY
Staff Members Classified As:
Residents Classified As:
Residents to be evaluated daily, per shift for:
🔷 TWO FEMA HOSPITALS IN PLACE Utilizing Convention Centers at Meadowlands and Edison
Governor Phil Murphy "Wawa has sent a 53-foot refrigerated truck to Bergen County after hearing about our need for refrigerated trucks to help take the pressure off our morgues and funeral homes in protecting the bodies of those we have lost. Their help is invaluable. We’re so thankful."
🔺ALL NON-ESSENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ENDS ON FRIDAY / ALL WEAR FACE COVERS AND GLOVES PAID FOR BY EMPLOYER Executive Order: 122 Governor Phil Murphy "We must continue to work together to flatten the curve of new COVID-19 cases in New Jersey,” said Governor Murphy. “By ceasing all non-essential construction projects and imposing additional mitigation requirements on essential businesses, we are furthering our aggressive efforts to enforce social distancing and limiting our public interactions to only the most essential in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19." 🔷 ESSENTIAL WORK PROJECTS CONTINUE Transportation:
Projects already underway:
🔺 MANUFACTURING / WAREHOUSE REQUIREMENTS / ALL WEAR FACE COVERS AND GLOVES PAID FOR BY EMPLOYER 🔺 ALL ESSENTIAL RETAIL 50% CAPACITY LIMIT / ALL CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR FACE COVERINGS / HIGH RISK CUSTOMERS MUST HAVE SPECIAL HOURS / PHYSICAL BARRIERS AT REGISTER Governor Phil Murphy "We’re also aiming to mitigate overcrowding at essential retail stores – particularly in our grocery stores. Under this Executive Order, all essential retail must indefinitely limit the number of customers allowed in their stores to NO MORE than 50% of their approved capacity. Additionally, customers & employees must wear face coverings. Stores must also provide special shopping hours for high-risk individuals, erect physical barriers between customers and cashiers and baggers where practicable, regularly sanitize areas used by their employees, & more." _______________________________ 🔺 NJ PRIMARY DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 7 Moved from Tuesday, June 2 Executive Order: 120 Governor Phil Murphy "I’m signing an Executive Order MOVING the date of our primary elections from Tuesday, June 2nd to Tuesday, July 7th. Our democracy cannot be a casualty of #COVID19. We want to ensure that every voter can vote without endangering their health or safety." 🔷 INCLUDES:
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tuesday, aPr.7
DAY 35
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATETuesday, Apr. 7 - 1pm Day 35 From Governor Murphy: 🔺3,361 New Patients 🔺44,416 Total NJ Patients 🔺 COVID NJ HOSPITALIZATIONS
_______________________________ 🔷 LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN BEING DEVELOPED STATEWIDE
🔷 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
🔷 NJ DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 67 Staff / 5 inmates / 3 residential persons positive
🙏🏻 232 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 1,232 NJ Total deceased
🔷 EMERGENCY STAY AT HOME ORDER EXTENDED 30 MORE DAYS
🔺 CLOSED: ALL STATE PARKS / FORESTS / COUNTY PARKS AS OF TONIGHT Executive Order 118 Governor Phil Murphy "To further social distancing, I’m signing an Executive Order closing ALL State parks and forests and County parks. We’ve seen far too many instances in our parks where people are gathering and socializing in groups. We need to Flatten The Curve. I do not take this action lightly. Some of my fondest memories with my own children are beautiful spring days in parks playing soccer and enjoying our family. But my focus, and my sole mission in life right now, is the health of every New Jersey family." _______________________________ 🔷 TRI STATE REGIONAL APPROACH CONSIDERED Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Gov. Murphy considering sharing:
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
_______________________________ 🔷 POSITIVE TESTING HEALTH CARE WORKERS
💛 Thank you to Gina Marie and all of the Healthcare Workers who are coming to help us here in NJ. Let's all pray for them and stay safe at home so we don't make their jobs any harder 💛 💛 THANK YOU HILTON AND AMERICAN EXPRESS Hilton and American Express are donating up to 1 million hotel room nights across US through the end of May to Healthcare workers who are assisting out of their own regions. _______________________________ 🔺 WAIVED: GRADES 8 AND 12 SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS / NON-TENURED TEACHER OBSERVATION EVALUATIONS Executive Order 117 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS WAIVED FOR:
“As a state, we must continue to adapt to the new reality that COVID-19 has created in our state, a task that our students and educators are navigating every day. The waiver of these student assessment requirements will ensure that no student is left behind or unduly penalized due to these extraordinary circumstances.” _______________________________ 🔷 BOARDS OF EDUCATION DATES MOVED: ELECTION DATE / BUDGET DEADLINE / NON-TENURE TEACHERS NOTICE AND ACCEPTANCE / BOARD TERM EXTENDED TO MAY 12 Executive Order No. 116
"To ensure that New Jerseyans can safely exercise their right to vote, we postponed our school board elections scheduled for April until May. As a result of this change, we’re providing impacted school districts and municipalities with ample time to make informed decisions regarding budgets and employment of nontenured teaching staff by extending these important deadlines.” _______________________________ 🔺 WIC SERVICES AVAILABLE BY PHONE / SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED WIC provides about $60/month benefit, per Child, to support Women in need:
🔷 SUBSTITUTES NOW AVAILABLE DUE TO LIMITED SHOP INVENTORIES As of Apr. 1 - additional food items are now covered From Tammy Murphy "Families who rely on WIC can now substitute certain items of food like cheese, cereal, whole grains, and more. WIC services are now available by phone. If you have questions or want to apply for WIC, call your local agency" _______________________________ 🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE LAST NIGHT: 🔷 NEWARK POLICE:
🔷 ELIZABETH POLICE:
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two fema field hospitals in placeApr. 7
NJ Utilizing Convention Centers at Meadowlands and Edison Update from Pete Gaynor, National Administrator of FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency: "This past weekend, the New Jersey National Guard helped set up 500 hospital beds in a field medical station at the New Jersey Convention Center. This is one of 3 sites Governor Phil Murphy is opening to lift pressure off hospitals dealing with #COVID19 patients." LIGHT THE FIGHT
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moNDAY, aPr.6
DAY 34
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEMonday, Apr. 6 - 2pm Day 34 from Governor Phil Murphy 🔺 3,663 New Patients 🔺41,090 Total NJ Patients 🔷 LONG TERM FACILITY
_______________________________ 🙏🏻 86 Newly Deceased Including
Newly Deceased
_______________________________ 🙏🏻 1,003 Total NJ deceased
Under 30
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
🔷 USNS COMFORT STATION
🔷 FEMA FIELD HOSPITALS FOR GENERALIZED PATIENTS
🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE LAST NIGHT: 🔷 NEWARK POLICE:
🔷 MORRISTOWN POLICE
🔷 HILLSIDE POLICE
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RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE NEEDED TO RETURN TO WORK WITHOUT AFFECTING PENSION STATUSApr. 6
Executive Order 115 signed and in effect 🔷 RETIREES Retirees may return to public employment in any capacity, including full-time, part-time or as SLEOs, provided:
"Right now we need all the experienced help we can get whether it be retired law enforcement officers returning to duty or nurses who return to University Hospital or folks who can help staff the labor departments. We need to remove any roadblocks that can keep them from service." NJ COVID-19 POSITIVE RESULTS BY AGE
The population stats are from 2000 Census. The NJ Department of Health does not report the same age group breakdown category as the US Census.
IMAGE: Carolyne Volpe Curley
IMAGE: Carolyne Volpe Curley
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SUNDAY, aPr.5
DAY 33
SATURDAY, aPr. 4
DAY 32
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATESaturday, Apr. 4 - 1pm
Day 32 from Governor Phil Murphy, asking for a moment of silence: "We have now lost nearly 100 more of our fellow New Jerseyans to COVID-19 than we did in the September 11th attacks. Let that sink in for a minute. This pandemic is writing one of the greatest tragedies in our state’s history." NEW JERSEY 🔺 4,372 New Patients 🔺 34,124 Total NJ Patients 🔷 45% POSITIVITY RATE
_______________________________ 🙏🏻 200 Newly Deceased Including
🔷 9 of newly deceased from Long term facility _______________________________ 🙏🏻 NJ Total: 846 deceased
AGES OF TOTAL DECEASED Under 30
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
🔷 FULL LIST OF NJ TESTING SITES Covid19.NJ.gov/Locations
______________________________ 🔷 PPE
Everyone can donate here: Covid19.nj.gov/ppedonations 🔷 CDC: THOSE WITH NO SYMPTOMS TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli: "When you wear a mask, you a protecting others; and when others wear a mask, they are protecting you."
______________________________ 🔷 LONGTERM CARE FAMILY NOTIFICATION ENFORCEMENT NJ Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli "Family members have expressed a growing concern about the lack of communication in some facilities when there is a resident who is confirmed with Covid19. Families are frustrated that they believe they cannot get someone on the phone at these facilities and they want to know if there is an outbreak in the facility"
🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE
Reported by New Jersey State Police Patrick Callaghan: SINCE LAST NIGHT 🔷 NY PPE HOARDING TRANSFERRED TO NJ
🔺 NJ TEMPORARY / SEASONAL RENTALS PROHIBITED Beach communities have reported growing concern over Bergen/Essex/Hudson/Passaic/Union residents attempting to relocate down the shore. Governor Phil Murphy "This is not how social distancing works. No one should be leaving their primary residences, especially for the shore communities. I am giving municipalities and counties the ability to prohibit all rentals to transient guests or seasonal tenants for the duration of this emergency, including at hotels and motels. Social distancing does not work by relocating to the Shore. Many of our shore communities lack the health care infrastructure to accommodate an influx of part-time residents. New Jerseyans should stay at their primary place of residence for the duration of this emergency." ______________________________ 🔺 NO EVICTIONS OR FORECLOSURES / NO UTILITY SHUT OFFS 🔺 UTILITIES Our good Friend and Commissioner Joseph Fiordaliso is on your side.
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs No tenant or homeowner can be removed from their homes during this crisis. This includes:
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
🔷 UPCOMING RELIGIOUS DATES
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NJ HEALTHCARE WORKER VOLUNTEERS TRAINED TODAY AT FEMA FIELD HOSPITAL MEADOWLANDS / OPENS MONDAYApr. 4
🔺 NJ HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Currently 7,539 have enlisted
Governor Phil Murphy "Grateful to everyone working day and night on the front lines." 
IMAGE: Governor's Office
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FRIDAY, aPr. 3
DAY 31
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Friday, Apr. 3 - 1pm
Day 31
from Governor Phil Murphy
"One of those we have lost, was James Brown, the principal of the Grover Cleveland Middle School in Caldwell. And the accolades being posted in his memory from the members of his community tell just how deeply respected and loved he was. He leaves behind his wife, Sherry, his three children, and an entire school community who loved him dearly. And James was only 48 years old."
🔷 NJ FLAGS ORDERED TO HALF-STAFF
from Governor Phil Murphy
"I know that there is nothing we can say to truly dull the pain that the Brown family and every family who has lost a loved one to Covid19 is feeling right now. But we can make them know that we are thinking about them through our actions. And so to that end I'm signing an executive order today, directing that all flags across New Jersey be lowered to half-staff, effective immediately and indefinitely, to honor those we have lost - and those that we will lose. And we will lose more sadly as a result of this pandemic.
We've been struggling with how we can both speak about the 'James Browns' by name, and not speak about all overnight '113' by name and at the same time find someway to acknowledge the totality of this loss.
This is one of the greatest tragedies to ever hit our state, and our nation indeed and we must have a constant and visible memorial of the tremendous personal toll Covid-19 is having on our communities. And since families at this time cannot even hold funerals for their lost loved ones, this is a way, a small way, but I think an important way, to ensure that their loss is not forgotten."
NEW JERSEY
🔺4,372 New Patients
🔺29,895 Total NJ Patients
🔷 42% POSITIVITY RATE
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🙏🏻 113 Newly Deceased
Including
🙏🏻 NJ Total: 646 deceased
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🔺 NJ HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Currently 7,539 have enlisted
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
🔷 FULL LIST OF NJ TESTING SITES
Covid19.NJ.gov/Locations
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🔷 NJ UNEMPLOYMENT - LARGE DELAYS
Gov. Murphy
"Please remember that the other person on the phone is there to help you, and as anxious as you are about the whole situation"
🔷 NJ JOBS PORTAL: Jobs.Covid19.NJ.gov
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🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE
Reported by New Jersey State Police Patrick Callaghan:
There have been a total of 79 Stay at Home indictable offenses
LAST NIGHT:
Blairstown Police:
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🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
Everyone can donate here: Covid19.nj.gov/ppedonations
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🔷 UPCOMING RELIGIOUS DATES
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🔷 #NJThanksYou
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🔷 Governor's Conversations:
Day 31
from Governor Phil Murphy
"One of those we have lost, was James Brown, the principal of the Grover Cleveland Middle School in Caldwell. And the accolades being posted in his memory from the members of his community tell just how deeply respected and loved he was. He leaves behind his wife, Sherry, his three children, and an entire school community who loved him dearly. And James was only 48 years old."
🔷 NJ FLAGS ORDERED TO HALF-STAFF
from Governor Phil Murphy
"I know that there is nothing we can say to truly dull the pain that the Brown family and every family who has lost a loved one to Covid19 is feeling right now. But we can make them know that we are thinking about them through our actions. And so to that end I'm signing an executive order today, directing that all flags across New Jersey be lowered to half-staff, effective immediately and indefinitely, to honor those we have lost - and those that we will lose. And we will lose more sadly as a result of this pandemic.
We've been struggling with how we can both speak about the 'James Browns' by name, and not speak about all overnight '113' by name and at the same time find someway to acknowledge the totality of this loss.
This is one of the greatest tragedies to ever hit our state, and our nation indeed and we must have a constant and visible memorial of the tremendous personal toll Covid-19 is having on our communities. And since families at this time cannot even hold funerals for their lost loved ones, this is a way, a small way, but I think an important way, to ensure that their loss is not forgotten."
NEW JERSEY
🔺4,372 New Patients
🔺29,895 Total NJ Patients
🔷 42% POSITIVITY RATE
- 64,827 tests performed on symptomatic people
- 27,219 were positive
- 3,016 patients have tested positive and are in hospitals
- this is 12% of all NJ Patients hospitalized
- 1227 of hospitalized Covid19 patients are on ventilators (that = 41%)
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🙏🏻 113 Newly Deceased
Including
- Principal, Grover Cleveland Middle School, James Brown, 48
- “Tonight Show” Jazz legend, who toured with Benny Goodman: Bucky Pizzarelli , age 94, of Saddle River
🙏🏻 NJ Total: 646 deceased
- ▪️59% Males / 41% Females
- Underlying Condition
- 34% of deceased
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🔺 NJ HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Currently 7,539 have enlisted
- Retired Doctors, Nurses, EMTS
- Medical and Nursing Students
- Former members of Medical Corps
- Sign up here: Covid19.NJ.gov/volunteer
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
- Saturday, Apr. 4 - PNC Homdel - FIRST RESPONDERS / HEALTH CARE ONLY
🔷 FULL LIST OF NJ TESTING SITES
Covid19.NJ.gov/Locations
- Complete the symptom checker first:
Self.Covid19.nj.gov
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🔷 NJ UNEMPLOYMENT - LARGE DELAYS
Gov. Murphy
"Please remember that the other person on the phone is there to help you, and as anxious as you are about the whole situation"
- NJ Processed 33,000 claims yesterday
- 362,000 NJ residents have filed for unemployment over the past 2 weeks
- All claims will be taken care of, but there are many delays processing
🔷 NJ JOBS PORTAL: Jobs.Covid19.NJ.gov
- 44,000+ Jobs available from 540 Employers
- Now has Industry / Geography search function
- 410,000 unique users / visited 1 Million times
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🔺 NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE
- Fines: Up to $10,000
- Prison: Up to 18 months in jail
Reported by New Jersey State Police Patrick Callaghan:
There have been a total of 79 Stay at Home indictable offenses
LAST NIGHT:
Blairstown Police:
- Pub Owner has received her 2nd citation since staying open on Mar. 22
- Domestic Violence suspect claimed she was positive during arrest. She was charged with assault and creating a false public alarm
- issued 228 summonses and closed 9 businesses
- Retail clothing store remaining open was cited
- Individual selling alcohol out of a Uhaul truck was cited
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🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
- Tito's Handmade Vodka (Austin TX) sending:
- 432 gallons of handsanitizer / 3000 masks / 2000 gloves
- 432 gallons of handsanitizer / 3000 masks / 2000 gloves
- UBS
- 10,000 N95 Masks (in addition to their past donations during this time)
Everyone can donate here: Covid19.nj.gov/ppedonations
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🔷 UPCOMING RELIGIOUS DATES
- Remote only; don't gather
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🔷 #NJThanksYou
- "Shout-out to Victoria Chmielewski, a nurse at New Bridge Medical Center who is with her team on the hospital’s designated Covid19 floor
- Shout-out to Lakewood resident and business leader Sam Stein. His company, Complete Care, operates nursing homes across New Jersey. He has donated 15 ventilators that he had in reserve to Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- Shout-out to the men and women of International Longshoremen's Association who have been on-the-job at our ports throughout this emergency. So much what we need, whether it be medical supplies or groceries, wouldn’t get to us if it wasn’t for them
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🔷 Governor's Conversations:
- Conversation with Dr. Fauci ("from Brooklyn, but married to a woman from Livingston, as he reminded me") to discuss best practice policies, matching up almost identical to NJ's plan.
- Conversations with NJ's Jared Kushner and Kelly Ann Conway
THURSDAY, aPr. 2
DAY 30
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEThursday, Apr. 2 - 1pm
Day 30 from Governor Phil Murphy "Please God, stay at home. And even when you are home, keep your distance from your family members." NEW JERSEY 🔺3,489 New Patients 🔺25,590 Total NJ Patients 🔷 41% POSITIVITY RATE
🙏🏻 182 Newly Deceased Including
🙏🏻 Total: 537 NJ Deceased
🔺PPE
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
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🔺 LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE Anyone who "acts stupidly and puts others in danger or makes them fear for their health:
🔷 Lakewood Police
🔷 Morristown Police
🔷 Edison Police
__________________________ 🔷 NJ EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: DAILY NJTV LEARNING LIVESTREAM STARTS MONDAY
__________________________ 🔷 EMERGENCY CHILDCARE AND SUBSIDY ChildcareNJ.gov As of April 1, Childcare is available in NJ to only those centers that exclusively serve the children of essential workers; all others have been closed.
__________________________ 🔷 NJ UNEMPLOYMENT
Jobs.Covid19.NJ.gov
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new jersey testing sites🔷 FULL LIST OF NJ TESTING SITES Covid19.NJ.gov/Locations
TESTING SITES FOR ALL NJ RESIDENTS 🔷 BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE - FREE FEMA SITE
🔷 BERGEN
🔷 OCEAN
🔷 JERSEY CITY - Drive Up
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DAY 29
THREE VACCINES IN PHASE 1 TRIALSApr. 1 40 Vaccines are Currently being Developed
PHASE 1 TRIALS: 🔷 "mRNA-1273"
Further Information: COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates: Six Front-runners |
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TUESDAY, MAR. 31
DAY 28
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Tuesday, Mar. 31 - 1pm
Day 28
Greg Butler, on death of Ben Luderer, Baseball Coach at Cliffside Park
🙏🏻 "He was a healthy, strong, athletic, 30-year-old head coach.”
Luderer reportedly attempted to get tested at a hospital on Friday, but was turned away. He died at home Sunday night.
from Governor Phil Murphy
"This isn’t about You. It’s about Us.
I know this isn’t fun, but now is the time to be Selfless, not Selfish.
We all have to pull together. I cannot be any clearer in my call:
Stay at Home, before this hits home."
NEW JERSEY
🔺 2,196 New Patients
🙏🏻 69 Newly Deceased
Including
🙏🏻 Total: 267 NJ deceased
🔷 39% POSITIVITY RATE
🔺 NEW LONG TERM FACILITY REGULATIONS
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITY UNIVERSAL MASKING REQUIREMENTS
These divisions may take place in separate Floors, Units or Wings:
Last night 260,000 total equipment arrived in NJ
🔺 SYMPTOM CHECKER
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
🔷 ADDITIONAL COUNTY TESTING SITES - APPOINTMENT AND SYMPTOMATIC ONLY
CAMDEN
POSITIVE:
🔺 LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE
NEWARK POLICE - just last night:
🔷 PHARMACY COVID19 DRUGS HOARDING CRACKDOWN
🔷 STATE AND MUNICIPAL WATER COMPANIES
🔷 NJ BUSINESS EMPLOYERS FEDERAL PAYROLL TAX CREDIT
🔷 NJ EMPLOYEES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
🔷 COVID19 CONGRESSIONAL WORK CONTINUES
Full list of those who have agreed to the Mortgage Forbearance, with no penalties is listed online here
If listed servicer is not cooperative file a complaint with the Department of Banking and Insurance here: http://state.nj.us/dobi/consumer.htm
or : 609-292-7272 9am to 5pm weekdays
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
▪️ Johnson and Johnson: 10,000 goggles and financial contribution and continuing to work on vaccine
Day 28
Greg Butler, on death of Ben Luderer, Baseball Coach at Cliffside Park
🙏🏻 "He was a healthy, strong, athletic, 30-year-old head coach.”
Luderer reportedly attempted to get tested at a hospital on Friday, but was turned away. He died at home Sunday night.
from Governor Phil Murphy
"This isn’t about You. It’s about Us.
I know this isn’t fun, but now is the time to be Selfless, not Selfish.
We all have to pull together. I cannot be any clearer in my call:
Stay at Home, before this hits home."
NEW JERSEY
🔺 2,196 New Patients
- an additional psychiatric hospital (state total now 2) has 1 positive resident
🙏🏻 69 Newly Deceased
Including
- Passaic Firefighter and EMT Israel Tolentino, Jr., age 33
- Head Baseball Coach at Cliffside Park, age 30, Ben Luderer
🙏🏻 Total: 267 NJ deceased
- 55% Males / 45% Females
- Ages
- 3: under age 30
- 12: age 30 to 49
- 46: age 50 to 64
- 80: age 65 to 79
- 126: over age 80
- Underlying Condition
- 42% of deceased
- Long term facilities
- 52 of deceased
🔷 39% POSITIVITY RATE
- 44,330 tests
- 17,253 were positive
🔺 NEW LONG TERM FACILITY REGULATIONS
🔷 LONG TERM FACILITY UNIVERSAL MASKING REQUIREMENTS
- Now that the state has a sufficient supply of masks available for long term care facilities:
- All staff and anyone entering facility must be masked at all times
- All residents who are exhibiting symptoms must be masked at all times that Staff is present
These divisions may take place in separate Floors, Units or Wings:
- All residents exhibiting symptoms must be housed in one division section
- All residents who are non-symptomatic must be housed in a different division section
- These divisions will mean relocating the residents to their appropriate section
- Any resident who returns from the hospital, and any new resident will need to be placed in the appropriate section
- Staff workers need to be assigned to one specific unit to avoid spreading the virus
- 81 facilities are reporting at least 1 positive patient out of 375 NJ facilities
Last night 260,000 total equipment arrived in NJ
- Current TOTAL:
- 280,466 N-95 masks
- 399,440 surgical masks
- 150,665 gloves
- 50,778 gowns
- 74,052 face shields
🔺 SYMPTOM CHECKER
- Self.Covid19.NJ.gov
🔷 FEMA FREE TESTING SITES
opens 8am until 500 tests are completed
- Wednesday, Apr. 1 - PNC in Holmdel ONLY
🔷 ADDITIONAL COUNTY TESTING SITES - APPOINTMENT AND SYMPTOMATIC ONLY
CAMDEN
- Site: Cooper’s Poynt Park, in Camden
- Residents only, 12pm to 4pm weekdays
- DMV Inspection Center, in Edison
- Residents only, 10am to 2pm, Mon, Wed, Fri
- Appointment: Middlesexcountynj.gov/COVID19testing / 732-745-3100
- Site: Ocean County College, in Toms River
- Residents only, appointment only, weekdays
- Appointment: http://ochd.org
- NJ has been picked as a state which will be utilizing Abbott's new testing units
- FDA just gave emergency authorization for its use
- Will be utilized in Bergen County
- No further information yet
POSITIVE:
- 383 Law Enforcement Covid19 patients
- 3,081 are home, off duty
- 618 out for other reasons
🔺 LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN: ZERO TOLERANCE
NEWARK POLICE - just last night:
- 21 Stay Home Order violation incidents
- 161 summonses
- 15 businesses closed
- Every single person at the gatherings received a citation
🔷 PHARMACY COVID19 DRUGS HOARDING CRACKDOWN
- NJ is investigating all physicians and pharmacists believed to be hoarding or inappropriately prescribing to their friends and family specific medications
- Some drugs specifically have potential to treat the virus and NJ is attempting to protect that supply for residents
🔷 STATE AND MUNICIPAL WATER COMPANIES
- As of today, 100% compliance from all water companies halting all service shut-offs for the duration
- Those who receive unemployment benefits will be receiving an additional $600 per week through July 31
- For those already receiving the benefit, the additional payment will begin next week
🔷 NJ BUSINESS EMPLOYERS FEDERAL PAYROLL TAX CREDIT
- NJ Employers are urged to keep all employees on payroll for the duration of crisis
- NJ Employers are eligible to receive a Dollar-for-Dollar federal payroll tax credit against the costs they incur by keeping workers on their payroll.
🔷 NJ EMPLOYEES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
- Those who receive unemployment benefits will be receiving an additional $600 per week through July 31
- For those already receiving the benefit, the additional payment will begin next week
🔷 COVID19 CONGRESSIONAL WORK CONTINUES
- Gov. Murphy is calling for increased assistance for workers, small businesses and flexible aid for states
- Murphy believes states that are hardest hit should receive more assistance than states less impacted from virus
- He is calling for the Salt Deduction Cap to be undone in order to help middle class homeowners
Full list of those who have agreed to the Mortgage Forbearance, with no penalties is listed online here
If listed servicer is not cooperative file a complaint with the Department of Banking and Insurance here: http://state.nj.us/dobi/consumer.htm
or : 609-292-7272 9am to 5pm weekdays
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
▪️ Johnson and Johnson: 10,000 goggles and financial contribution and continuing to work on vaccine
MONDAY, MAR. 30
DAY 27
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATEMonday, Mar. 30, 2pm
Day 27 Governor Phil Murphy "The Stay at Home Order remains firmly in effect. Unless you are absolutely needed to go out or unless your job is critical to our response, please, please, please Stay Home. The absolute number one weapon at our disposal is STAYING AT HOME. Period." 🔺 STAY AT HOME / THE VIRUS REMAINS:
NEW JERSEY 🔺 3,347 New Patients
🙏🏻 37 Newly Deceased Newly deceased statistics:
“Covid-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics”
🔺PROJECTED HOSPITAL SURGE DATE MAY 8 Continuing at the historical scientific rate for average social distancing of 31%
Gov. Murphy: "I won’t stop fighting for the equipment we need to save every life we can. We need more ventilators. I will continue to say those four words in every phone call I have with President Trump until we get them."
🔺LAW ENFORCEMENT CHARGES: 70+ Citations involving 34 Incidents
Because Healthcare workers are overextended, FEMA testing sites are now open to NJ Residents every other day. They will offer 500 tests at a time, starting at 8am, and continue until tests run out:
🔷 NJ FIRST RESPONDER / NJ HEALTHCARE WORKERS
🔷 MORTGAGE LENDERS
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
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US NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP "COMFORT" HAS ARRIVED IN NYC Monday, Mar. 30
Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Amersbach: “We are ready and grateful to serve the needs of our nation.”
“Our message to New Yorkers: now your Navy has returned, and we are with you, committed in this fight.”
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SUNDAY, MAR. 29
DAY 26
SATURDAY, MAR. 28
DAY 25
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATESaturday, Mar. 28
1pm 🔺 STAY AT HOME Governor Phil Murphy "This is life and death. This is not a game. It is critical that you stay at home unless you absolutely need to go out. Keep your distance from everyone including your family members." 🔺THE VIRUS REMAINS
NEW JERSEY 🔺2,289 New Patients
🙏🏻 32 Newly Deceased Newly deceased statistics:
🔷 35% POSITIVITY RATE
Gov. Murphy has been petitioning the White House continuously for NJ's PPE's needs. Last night, Murphy directly spoke with Pres. Trump and after describing the state's critical PPE shortage, was assured by Trump that a shipment would arrive today. Items arrived today: 🔷 OVERNIGHT PPE SHIPMENT SENT FROM NATIONAL STOCKPILE Trump released the following and they were received in NJ by state police this morning:
🔷 SYMPTOM SELF-CHECKER
🔷 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR HEALTHCARE RESERVE Please submit your information here if you are willing and able to volunteer as a qualified Health and Mental Health professional
🔷 NJ NATIONAL GUARD
🔷 FEMA TESTING SITES: NOW ALTERNATING DAYS Healthcare workers are being overextended. Sites will now be every other day and offer 500 tests at a time, opening at 8am until tests run out:
🔷 MORTGAGE RELIEF STARTS APR. 1 / CONTACT LENDER DIRECTLY Governor Murphy : "If you receive a grace period of 3 months now it will be added to the backend of your mortgage."
🔷 RENTERS: NO EVICTIONS
🔷 NJ BUSINESS UPDATES PAGE Information on:
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FRIDAY, MAR. 27
DAY 24
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Friday, Mar. 27
2pm
Governor Phil Murphy
"These are not abstract numbers. These are our Family, our Friends, our Neighbors. All of us. We are in this together and we mourn together."
NEW JERSEY
🔺 1982 New Patients
NJ Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin
🔺“Too many residents in the state of New Jersey go to bed without a meal every night: 1 out of every eight residents to be exact."
2pm
Governor Phil Murphy
"These are not abstract numbers. These are our Family, our Friends, our Neighbors. All of us. We are in this together and we mourn together."
NEW JERSEY
🔺 1982 New Patients
- Total: 8825 NJ Patients
- some new results are from the new FEMA testing sites
- Total: 108 NJ deceased in 3 weeks
- 24,843 tests
- 8,296 were positive
- 55 of the long term care facilities in NJ report at least 1 Positive result
- At this point it's been too soon to state that someone has recovered. The state refers to all patients as PUI: Persons Under Investigation. At some point it will become obvious that all PUI, who are not deceased, are in fact recovering and will entirely Recover.
- Both private and state testing facilities are backlogged with testing capability
- Childcare Centers who wish to remain open must RE-REGISTER with the state affirming that they are ONLY serving First Responders, Healtcare workers and Essential working people
- REGISTER HERE
- $140 million for COVID19 related expenses
- 1 Ventilator costs $20,000
- State Health Director believes NJ needs to purchase a minimum of 2,300 Ventilators
- All businesses and non-hospital health care facilities in possession of PPE that they're not using for critical health care services
- REPORT HERE
- There isn't enough PPE for these procedures
- FIRST RESPONDERS / HEALTHCARE WORKERS ONLY
- ONLY symptomatic First Responders and Healthcare providers will be tested on the following days:
- Saturday 3.28 (Bergen and PNC)
- Saturdays Apr. 4 and forward PNC only
- Always show valid credentials.
- Meadowlands Convention Center
- opens in about a week
- Patients will be general hospital
- Edison Expo
- ▪️ opens after Meadowlands completed
- ▪️ Patients will be COVID19 patients only
NJ Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin
🔺“Too many residents in the state of New Jersey go to bed without a meal every night: 1 out of every eight residents to be exact."
- TO APPLY
- Yesterday, NJ received $70 million in extra NJ SNAP benefits from federal government
- Sunday, 3/29 - SNAP Supplemental Benefit clients will receive extra payments
- April will also include extra payments
- All benefits will load directly on to Families First EBT cards
- Supplemental benefit will be based on family size
- 340,000 households receive SNAP food assistance
- 205,000 of those receive the additional supplemental assistance
- ALL SNAP clients expiring through May are already extended to continue an extra six months in order to ensure there are no benefit interruptions
- By law, "households that already receive the federal allowable maximum SNAP benefit are not eligible for supplemental payments."
- NJ Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson
“We want every individual and family to be able to have the food they need as they comply with the Governor’s directive to stay at home. For many New Jerseyans and their families that means needing more NJ SNAP support, and these benefits are coming on Sunday."
- Still in processing of discussions with all banks; announcement should be made tomorrow
- 12-County Compliance Checks
- Charges were made yesterday - 26 incidents resulted in 5 charges:
- Creating false public alarm / Criminal Mischief / Obstruction
- Google Ad Grant to get NJ information on search platform
- Ralph Lauren (now offices in Nutley) will be donating
THURSDAY, Mar. 26
Day 23
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Thur, Mar. 26
2pm
NEW JERSEY
🔺 New Patients 2492
🔷 32% POSITIVITY RATE
🔺 NEW JERSEY DECLARED MAJOR DISASTER AREA BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
🔺PPEs
Murphy has requested Pres. Trump releases from national PPE stockpile:
Executive Order 109: "any business, non-hospital health care facility, or institution of higher learning in possession of PPE, ventilators, respirators, or anesthesia machines not required for the provision of critical health care services shall undertake an inventory of these supplies."
🔷 FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
"With our major disaster declaration approved, New Jersey will now have access to greater essential federal support to help our residents through this emergency. This declaration will allow us to lift remaining bureaucratic barriers to assistance and enhance our statewide response to COVID-19. I am grateful to the Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for their collaboration and coordination in supporting our response and recovery efforts to COVID-19 in New Jersey.”
🔷 US UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE FILED
Mar. 26 - 6pm
According to John Hopkins University Coronavirus
Resource Center
🔷 Covid19 Patient Count:
🔷 United States Patient Count:
🔷 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Governor Phil Murphy "I'm aware that some school districts have already begun advising families as to when they anticipate reopening. Let me be perfectly clear on this; that decision rests with yours truly. We will not be prepared to visit the school closures until at least Apr. 17 at the very earliest. The decision to reopen will be based on careful discussion with our public health and safety experts and with our educators in districts and we'll be guided by the facts on the ground."
🔷 FEMA TESTING SITES SATURDAYS: FIRST RESPONDERS / HEALTHCARE WORKERS ONLY
ONLY symptomatic First Responders and Healthcare providers will be tested on the following days:
There is at least 1 Positive patient in 43 of state's 375 facilities
🔷 NJ SMALL BUSINESS / NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
$75 Million assistance to cover operating expenses for those businesses and non-profit organizations that have been impacted by COVID-19 through reduced revenue, employee shortage, supply chain impact, etc.
Small business means $5 million or less annual revenue and in good tax standing with NJ
▪️ Unemployment Insurance Info
🔷 NJ ESSENTIAL JOBS PORTAL: POST JOB OR SEEK JOB
2pm
NEW JERSEY
🔺 New Patients 2492
- Total: 6876 NJ Patients
- 436 new results are from the new FEMA testing sites (Bergen / PNC)
- Total: 81 NJ deceased
in 3 weeks
🔷 32% POSITIVITY RATE
- 19,364 tests
- 6137 were positive in 7 of the labs
🔺 NEW JERSEY DECLARED MAJOR DISASTER AREA BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
🔺PPEs
Murphy has requested Pres. Trump releases from national PPE stockpile:
- 4.5 Million N95 Masks
- 2,500 ventilators
- Masks, Gloves also on list
Executive Order 109: "any business, non-hospital health care facility, or institution of higher learning in possession of PPE, ventilators, respirators, or anesthesia machines not required for the provision of critical health care services shall undertake an inventory of these supplies."
🔷 FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- Federal monies will now supplement all of NJ's COVID19 spending backdating to January 20, 2020.
- This is unrelated to the additional federal support Congress is working on
"With our major disaster declaration approved, New Jersey will now have access to greater essential federal support to help our residents through this emergency. This declaration will allow us to lift remaining bureaucratic barriers to assistance and enhance our statewide response to COVID-19. I am grateful to the Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for their collaboration and coordination in supporting our response and recovery efforts to COVID-19 in New Jersey.”
🔷 US UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE FILED
- NJ:155,000 workers have filed
- Murphy signed legislation yesterday to expand Temporary Disability Insurance and Family Leave Insurance programs
Mar. 26 - 6pm
According to John Hopkins University Coronavirus
Resource Center
🔷 Covid19 Patient Count:
- UNITED STATES: 82,404
- CHINA: 81,782
- ITALY: 80,589
- SPAIN: 56,347
- GERMANY: 43,646
🔷 United States Patient Count:
- NEW YORK: 37,258
- NEW JERSEY: 6,876
- CALIFORNIA: 3,786
- MICHIGAN: 2,877
- WASHINGTON: 2,649
- Gov. Murphy spoke with the S. Korean Ambassador to be better informed on how the country is dealing with the pandemic
🔷 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Governor Phil Murphy "I'm aware that some school districts have already begun advising families as to when they anticipate reopening. Let me be perfectly clear on this; that decision rests with yours truly. We will not be prepared to visit the school closures until at least Apr. 17 at the very earliest. The decision to reopen will be based on careful discussion with our public health and safety experts and with our educators in districts and we'll be guided by the facts on the ground."
🔷 FEMA TESTING SITES SATURDAYS: FIRST RESPONDERS / HEALTHCARE WORKERS ONLY
ONLY symptomatic First Responders and Healthcare providers will be tested on the following days:
- Saturday 3.28
(Bergen and PNC) - Saturdays Apr. 4 and forward PNC only
- Always show valid credentials.
There is at least 1 Positive patient in 43 of state's 375 facilities
- St. Joseph's Woodbridge - all moved to new facility
- Positives:
24 Residents / 5 Staff - Deceased: 3 residents
- Positives:
- Positives: 4 Staff; none in contact with inmates
- no inmates positive
🔷 NJ SMALL BUSINESS / NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
$75 Million assistance to cover operating expenses for those businesses and non-profit organizations that have been impacted by COVID-19 through reduced revenue, employee shortage, supply chain impact, etc.
Small business means $5 million or less annual revenue and in good tax standing with NJ
- Home-based businesses are not eligible
- $10 million working capital loans and lines of credit
- NJ Small Business Loans
- Grant Program will provide $1000 to $5,000
- Payment Moratorium/Loan Fee Forgiveness
- U.S. SBA Assistance Long Term / Low interest Loans
▪️ Unemployment Insurance Info
🔷 NJ ESSENTIAL JOBS PORTAL: POST JOB OR SEEK JOB
- ▪️ 35,000 job openings have been posted by 300 Essential employers since Monday
- ▪️ Accessed by 230,000 job seekers
- Essential Employers should submit jobs here
WEDNESDAY, Mar. 25
Day 22
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
Wed, Mar. 25 - Day 22 -- 2pm
Governor Phil Murphy
"If you see a business operating in violation of the Stay at Home Executive Order, or you are working at one - report them now."
Online: https://covid19.nj.gov/violation
NEW JERSEY
🔺 New Patients 736 / Total: 4402 NJ Patients
🙏🏻 18 Deceased / Total: 62 NJ deceased in 3 weeks
🙏🏻 of the 18 New deceased
🙏🏻 of the Total 62 deceased
🔷 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
🔺 HOSPITAL CAPACITY / FEMA FIELD MEDICAL STATIONS
🔷 DISASTER DECLARATION
🔺 PPE NEEDS
🔷 $1.9 MILLION FEDERAL DHS NJ GRANT APPROVED
Federal Dept Health Human Services
🔷 DIRECT INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO PASS
Proposed legislation includes;
🔷 $150 BILLION RELIEF FUND
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
Governor Phil Murphy
"If you see a business operating in violation of the Stay at Home Executive Order, or you are working at one - report them now."
Online: https://covid19.nj.gov/violation
NEW JERSEY
🔺 New Patients 736 / Total: 4402 NJ Patients
🙏🏻 18 Deceased / Total: 62 NJ deceased in 3 weeks
🙏🏻 of the 18 New deceased
- ages 52 to 93
- 11 Males, 7 Females
- 50% had underlying health conditions
- 5 from a long term care facility
🙏🏻 of the Total 62 deceased
- ages 30 to 93 (24% ages 30 to 60)
- 65% Males, 35% Females
- 48% had underlying health conditions
- 16 from a long term care facility
🔷 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
- 1400 patients in 4 facilities
- 1 Patient positive / 4 Staff positive
- 14,000 tests performed
- 4,000 Positive
- remainder of 10,000 results experiencing upper respiratory symptoms
🔺 HOSPITAL CAPACITY / FEMA FIELD MEDICAL STATIONS
- 18,433 Acute care beds in state includes 2,000 for ICU Critical
- Goal by next two weeks increase of 1,360 beds through Army Corps intervention
- Meadowlands Convention Center will open first - about 1,000 beds
🔷 DISASTER DECLARATION
- Gov. Murphy and VP Pence spoke and Murphy is hopeful the declaration will happen, which will mean state funding
🔺 PPE NEEDS
- Continues to be an urgent "desperate" need and Gov. Murphy continues to reach out to White House for more equipment.
- Pence asked that NJ re-clarify their needs and that's being done today
- NJ's NJSPolice/ OEM coordinating the collection:
- email: PPEDonations@NJSP.org
- received 550 Million emails so far
🔷 $1.9 MILLION FEDERAL DHS NJ GRANT APPROVED
Federal Dept Health Human Services
- to help 24 NJ health centers acquire Testing / Screening / Medical supplies and increase remote Telehealth patient care
- Report Business with Failure to Comply: Call: 609-963-6817
- the phone line received so many calls since yesterday that it crashed the system
- Report online: https://covid19.nj.gov/violation
- Every Daycare that wishes to stay open needs to re-certify with the state attesting that they are ONLY going to continue to accept children of First Responder / Healthcare / Essential workers
- All Daycare otherwise closed by Wed., Apr. 1
- New Health and safety guidelines forthcoming
- Senator Joe Vitale worked on this legislation
- First Responders / Healthcare and guidance coming on rest of essential list
🔷 DIRECT INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO PASS
- Direct cash assistance (as of last night $1200 per family and $500 per child) from federal government
- Unemployment benefits extended 13 weeks
- Unemployment to include Gig workers and Self-Employed
Proposed legislation includes;
🔷 $150 BILLION RELIEF FUND
- To States and Localities experiencing the healthcare crisis
- To Hospitals / Healthcare workers needs
- For all FEMA-directed activities within Covid19 affected States
- Public Transit continuation for essential workers
- NJ Transit included
- NJ Transit included
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program foodstamp assistance
- Ensuring First Responders / Healthcare / Essential workers have access to Childcare
🔷 CORPORATE DONATIONS
- ShopRite and Wakefern donated the Mobile Field unit trailers
- Merck - donating 300,000 masks
- Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union - donating masks to Burlington health centers
TUESDAY, Mar. 24
Day 21
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE
🔷 ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES
from Governor Phil Murphy
"Effective immediately, the following retail businesses are considered essential and permitted to operate:"
from Governor Phil Murphy
"Effective immediately, the following retail businesses are considered essential and permitted to operate:"
- Mobile phone retail, repair shops
- Bicycle shops, only for service and repair
- Livestock feed stores
- Nurseries, garden centers
- Farming equipment stores
Tues, Mar. 24
NEW JERSEY
🙏🏻 NEW Deceased: 17
🔺 WORK FROM HOME MEANS WORK FROM HOME
"The Executive Order is not a Polite Suggestion. It is an Order.
No one who can work from home, should be leaving their home for work. We must have one hundred percent compliance. This is about public health, this is about people's lives. It is about your Employees lives, and their Family's lives. It is about Your life."
🔺 URGENTLY NEEDED PPE SHIPMENTS FROM NATIONAL STOCKPILE
Personal Protective Equipment
🔷 EDUCATION: APRIL STANDARD TESTING LIKELY CANCELLED
Governor Phil Murphy
"with students at home and not in their regular classrooms it is simply not feasible for us to move forward with testing in any meaningful way"
🔷 $900 Million NJ Discretionary Budget Spending Placed into Reserve
🔷 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
NJ Congressional Delegation hopeful that direct cash infusion to state is imminent towards state's stabilization fund supporting:
🔷 MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITIES - NO SHUT OFFS
Gov. Murphy
"No New Jerseyan should have to fear for losing their access to water throughout this emergency."
🔷 NJ JOBS PORTAL DAY 2
First state in the US that is doing this
🔷 FEMA REGION 2 BUILDING NJ FIELD HOSPITALS
🔷 TESTING
🔷 HOMELESS POPULATION
🔷 LIQUOR STORES
🔷 NJ PANDEMIC RELIEF FUND (501 C3) BEGINS TODAY
DONATIONS: NJPRF.org
First Lady Tammy Murphy
“The COVID-19 virus has already had far-reaching societal ramifications that have overwhelmingly and disproportionally impacted low- to-middle-income residents and New Jersey’s small business community. We are committed to the task of identifying the most effective interventions, determining community needs, and raising essential funds and awareness as we battle this challenge.”
NEW JERSEY
- NJ:
Second highest cases in US - Essex:
Second highest cases in NJ
- TOTAL: 3,675
- 35% age 30 to 49
🙏🏻 NEW Deceased: 17
- TOTAL: 44
🔺 WORK FROM HOME MEANS WORK FROM HOME
- Know of a Business with Failure to Comply?
Call: 609-963-6817 - Some businesses are deeming all / most of their employees "Essential" to force them to go to work, rather than work remotely
- Some businesses are deeming themselves "Essential" when they are not included in the order.
"The Executive Order is not a Polite Suggestion. It is an Order.
No one who can work from home, should be leaving their home for work. We must have one hundred percent compliance. This is about public health, this is about people's lives. It is about your Employees lives, and their Family's lives. It is about Your life."
🔺 URGENTLY NEEDED PPE SHIPMENTS FROM NATIONAL STOCKPILE
Personal Protective Equipment
- Going to: St. Barnabas, Holy Name, Hackensack UMC, Morrisown Hospitals
- 200,000 N95 masks
- 84,000 Respirators
- other gear
- PSEG donations: 50,000 N95 Masks
- Apple, Glaxxo, Walgreens, PipeFitters Local 24, Sherwood Williams all committing to donations
- Governor is waiting to be assured that all First Responders, all healthcare workers have daycare
- at that point he may decide to close all other Daycare
🔷 EDUCATION: APRIL STANDARD TESTING LIKELY CANCELLED
Governor Phil Murphy
"with students at home and not in their regular classrooms it is simply not feasible for us to move forward with testing in any meaningful way"
- Federal Waiver expected to be granted shortly
- Will NOT impact graduation for any students
- Number one priority is to keep up with current studies with no other educational concerns
- School is out until further notice
🔷 $900 Million NJ Discretionary Budget Spending Placed into Reserve
🔷 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
NJ Congressional Delegation hopeful that direct cash infusion to state is imminent towards state's stabilization fund supporting:
- Mass Transit
- Unemployment insurance
- Community Development Block grants
- Hospitals
- Small business
🔷 MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITIES - NO SHUT OFFS
Gov. Murphy
"No New Jerseyan should have to fear for losing their access to water throughout this emergency."
- Private utility providers have already agreed to no shutoffs
- All water providers need to stop shutoffs today or NJ DEP will order them to stop shutoffs by tomorrow
🔷 NJ JOBS PORTAL DAY 2
First state in the US that is doing this
- Visited by 88,000 job seekers
- Open jobs increased to 12,000 from 100 employers
- Jobs.covid19.nj.gov
🔷 FEMA REGION 2 BUILDING NJ FIELD HOSPITALS
- Plans going well for creating four hospitals with 250 beds each
- Lieutenant Colonel David Park directing Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, they are en route now.
- NORTH:
Meadowlands Exposition Center - CENTRAL:
Edison Convention Center - SOUTH:
Atlantic City convention Center - urban locations will be set up when needed, and for now in Wall Twp
- hotels, college dorms still possible
- NORTH:
- Staffing hasn't been determined yet but overseen by trauma hospitals and nursing agencies
- Should begin next week
- Murphy waiting for approval from Pres. Trump for Real ID time frame to be suspended until it can be done in an orderly fashion
🔷 TESTING
- FEMA sites (Bergen, PNC)
- Free, Close early after 300+ tests
- Hudson County site
- Residents only
- PASSAIC COUNTY
- Opens tomorrow
- Residents and their first respondents only
- with doctor's approval
- at William Paterson University
- Run by Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
- they are the ones who alerted the state that residents need to be placed in a new location
- May be permanently closed after 12 employee illness and some positive patients cases out of 89 residents
- decision is up to the Sisters
- Monitored since Friday; now in the process of moving all of the patients to a new facility
🔷 HOMELESS POPULATION
- Jersey City housing individuals in motels
- Employees don't have protective equipment and mail should be handled briefly, and then hands washed
🔷 LIQUOR STORES
- Open because of addiction
🔷 NJ PANDEMIC RELIEF FUND (501 C3) BEGINS TODAY
- 100% donations to NJ Covid19 support organizations
- Headed by First Lady Tammy Murphy, supported by:
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Stephen Colbert
- Danny DeVito
- Whoopi Goldberg (local)
- Carli Lloyd
- Charlie Puth
- Bruce Springsteen
- Jon Stewart
DONATIONS: NJPRF.org
First Lady Tammy Murphy
“The COVID-19 virus has already had far-reaching societal ramifications that have overwhelmingly and disproportionally impacted low- to-middle-income residents and New Jersey’s small business community. We are committed to the task of identifying the most effective interventions, determining community needs, and raising essential funds and awareness as we battle this challenge.”
MONDAY, Mar. 23
Day 20
SUNDAY, Mar. 22
Day 19
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION UPDATE Sun. Mar. 22 - 3pm from Governor Phil Murphy press conference 🔺 BLOOD SUPPLY CRITICAL
🔺 CRITICAL NEED FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
🔷 NJ STATE POLICE OEM TO COORDINATE PPE DONATION EFFORT 🔷 MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS - STANDBY UNIT In process of organizing a standby unit for on demand staffing
🔷 TESTING
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SATURday, Mar. 21
Day 18
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NEW JERSEY STAY AT HOME ORDER
🔺 ALL NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES CLOSED 🔺 ALL GATHERINGS CANCELLED 🔺 ALL BUSINESS REMOTE 🔺 24 HOURS OFF ROADS UNLESS FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS Begins 9pm Tonight 🔷 ESSENTIAL BUSINESS STAY OPEN WITH PRIOR RULES IN EFFECT:
🔷 OFFICES WORK REMOTELY
🔷 RESTAURANT / BARS
🔷 CONSTRUCTION / MANUFACTURING / TRUCKING
🔷 GATHERINGS
🔷 EXEMPTIONS TO STAY AT HOME EXECUTIVE ORDER
"I just signed an Executive Order directing nearly all residents to STAY AT HOME. ALL gatherings are canceled. ALL non-essential retail businesses must indefinitely close their physical stores to the public effective 9:00 p.m. tonight." https://covid19.nj.gov/ |
ALL NJ LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR DURATION
Every library in New Jersey meaning:
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Friday, Mar. 20
Day 17
Thursday, Mar. 19
Day 16
WEDNESDAY, Mar. 18
Day 15
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Wed., Mar. 18
11:45pm Essex's First Patient was 1 week ago Revised list 🔷 Essex County: 45 Patients 🔷 Essex County Timeline: Thur, Mar. 12 (1 Patient)
Fri, Mar. 13 (4 Patients)
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TUESday, Mar. 17
Day 14
Wed., Mar. 18
10:40am
for Tuesday, Mar. 17
Essex's First Patient was 1 week ago
🔷 Essex County: 34 Patients
🔷 Essex County Timeline:
Thur, Mar. 12 (1 Patient)
Fri, Mar. 13 (4 Patients)
10:40am
for Tuesday, Mar. 17
Essex's First Patient was 1 week ago
🔷 Essex County: 34 Patients
- 11 Essex County
- "Under Investigation" - 4 Montclair
- 2 Belleville
- 2 Belleville - "Under Investigation"
- 2 Bloomfield
- 2 Millburn
- 2 Nutley
- 2 West Orange
- 1 Caldwell
- 1 East Orange
- 1 Livingston
- 1 Maplewood
- 1 Newark
- 1 North Caldwell
- 1 Verona
🔷 Essex County Timeline:
Thur, Mar. 12 (1 Patient)
- 1. Montclair
F, 66, Mountainside Hospital
Fri, Mar. 13 (4 Patients)
- 2. Livingston
74 - 3. Millburn
F, 60s - 4. Montclair
F, 77, Mountainside Hospital
- 5. Montclair
M, 60, Mountainside Hospital
- 6. Bloomfield
F 74 - 7. Bloomfield
M 77
- 8. Caldwell
- 9. Maplewood
M, 31 - 10. Newark
M, 50s - 11. North Caldwell
F - 12. Nutley
- 13. Nutley
- 14. West Orange
- 15. Millburn
F, 60s - 16. West Orange
- 17. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 18. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 19. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 20. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 21. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 22. Belleville
Clara Maas - 23. Belleville
Clara Maas - 24. Belleville "Under Instigation"
- 25. Belleville "Under Instigation"
- 26. East Orange
East Orange General Hospital - 27. Montclair
F, 73, Mountainside Hospital - 28. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 29. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 30. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 31. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 32. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 33. Essex "Under Instigation"
- 34. Verona
M, 62
MONday, Mar. 16
Day 13
Mon, Mar. 16
2pm
🔺 NEW JERSEY EXECUTIVE ORDER
By order of Governor Phil Murphy
🔺 180 NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY
🔺 ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, FOR THE DURATION
🔺 BUSINESSES CLOSED, FOR THE DURATION
🔺 BUSINESSES CLOSED DAILY BY 8PM, FOR THE DURATION
🔺 BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE OPEN AFTER 8PM, FOR THE DURATION
IN ORDER THAT THOSE WHO WORK DURING THE DAY CAN STILL ACCESS THEM:
🔺 RESTAURANTS / BARS, FOR THE DURATION
🔺 #SocialDistancingNow
🔺 TRAVEL DISCOURAGED BETWEEN 8PM TO 5AM, FOR THE DURATION
"We want everyone to be home and not out."
🔺 80 New NJ Patients (more information to come)
🔷 MALLS
from Governor's Office
New Jersey malls are staying open because they offer varied services:
2pm
🔺 NEW JERSEY EXECUTIVE ORDER
By order of Governor Phil Murphy
🔺 180 NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY
- Their role will be announced
🔺 ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, FOR THE DURATION
- ALL Public / Private / Parochial
- Pre-K
- K-12 schools
- Colleges, and Universities
- Preschools are CLOSED
- Daycares can stay open for now if they want to but that is likely to be reassessed.
🔺 BUSINESSES CLOSED, FOR THE DURATION
- ALL:
- Casinos (Online gaming continues)
- Racetracks
- Theaters
- Gyms
🔺 BUSINESSES CLOSED DAILY BY 8PM, FOR THE DURATION
- ALL (Non-Essential) Retail, Recreational, Entertainment
- AND these locations must limit occupancy to less than 50 people
- ie: 50 people per each store's space
- Salons
- Clothing Stores
- Home Stores
- Pet Stores
- ie: 50 people per each store's space
- AND these locations must limit occupancy to less than 50 people
🔺 BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE OPEN AFTER 8PM, FOR THE DURATION
IN ORDER THAT THOSE WHO WORK DURING THE DAY CAN STILL ACCESS THEM:
- ALL Essential Retail:
- Grocery
- Pharmacy
- Gas Stations
- Medical Offices
🔺 RESTAURANTS / BARS, FOR THE DURATION
- During daylight houses:
- Take Out and Delivery ONLY
🔺 #SocialDistancingNow
- No Gathering over 50+
🔺 TRAVEL DISCOURAGED BETWEEN 8PM TO 5AM, FOR THE DURATION
"We want everyone to be home and not out."
- APPLIES TO:
- All non-essential / non-emergency in New Jersey
🔺 80 New NJ Patients (more information to come)
🔷 MALLS
from Governor's Office
New Jersey malls are staying open because they offer varied services:
- THESE STORES IN THE MALLS ARE CLOSED:
- ALL Movie theaters, stage theaters, Gyms
- ALL Movie theaters, stage theaters, Gyms
- THESE STORES IN THE MALLS ARE CLOSED AT 8PM:
- All Non-Essential Retail, Recreational, and Entertainment
- AND these locations must limit occupancy to less than 50 people
- ie: 50 people per each store's space
- Salons
- Clothing Stores
- Home Stores
- Pet Stores
- AND these locations must limit occupancy to less than 50 people
- Restaurants / Bars:
- Take Out and Delivery ONLY before 8pm
- Take Out and Delivery ONLY before 8pm
- All Non-Essential Retail, Recreational, and Entertainment
- THESE STORES IN THE MALL MAY STAY OPEN AFTER 8PM IN ORDER THAT THOSE WHO WORK DURING THE DAY CAN STILL ACCESS THEM:
- ALL Essential Retail:
- Grocery
- Pharmacy
- Medical Offices
- ALL Essential Retail:
Sunday, Mar. 15
Day 12
Mon. Mar. 16 -
11:45am
for Sunday, Mar. 15
Please be aware that because I take a large amount of time confirming all information, updates will only be posted when I am sure that I have been given the full information. Please make sure that you have all notifications turned on for West Essex Now , and Facebook notifications also enabled on your devices.
My own sources are direct from:
🔷 NEW JERSEY PATIENTS - 115
🔷 ESSEX PATIENTS - 18
NEW JERSEY NEWS
"Should these new measures not prove effective, there’s nothing off the table”
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco
🔺 #SocialDistancingNow
After Gov. Murphy viewed videos and photographs of crowded restaurants and recreation sites:
🔺 NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK / CONNECTICUT Shared Regulations
🔷 TEANECK REGULATIONS - For Duration
🔷 OTHER NJ MUNICIPAL UPDATES
🔷 NJ WORKERS
🔷 NJ SCHOOLS
🔷 NJ UTILITIES - For Duration
🔷 NJ DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
🔷 NJ COURTS
🔷 NJ / NY AIRPORT UNION WORKERS
🔷 NEW YORK - 746 Patients / 6 deaths
🔷 NEW YORK CITY Regulations
🔷 PENNSYLVANIA - 69 Patients
🔷 DELAWARE - 7 Patients
🔷 US PATIENTS - 3807 Including Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands
Including:
🔷 US Deaths - 69
🔺 US TESTING UPDATES
🔷 US NEWS UPDATES
🔷 BUSINESS NEWS UPDATES
STORES
🔷 US PEACE CORPS
11:45am
for Sunday, Mar. 15
Please be aware that because I take a large amount of time confirming all information, updates will only be posted when I am sure that I have been given the full information. Please make sure that you have all notifications turned on for West Essex Now , and Facebook notifications also enabled on your devices.
My own sources are direct from:
- NJ Department of Health
- NJ Governor's Office
- Municipal Officials
🔷 NEW JERSEY PATIENTS - 115
- 33 - Bergen
- 18 - Essex
- 12 - Hudson
- 12 - Middlesex
- 12 - Monmouth
- 6 - Passaic
- 6 - Union
- 5 - Burlington
- 4 - Morris
- 2 - Camden
- 2 - Ocean
- 1 - Hunterdon
- 1 - Mercer
- 1 - Somerset
🔷 ESSEX PATIENTS - 18
- 8 - "Essex County" and not included below
- 3 - Montclair
- 2 - Bloomfield
- 1 - Caldwell
- 1 - Livingston
- 1 - Newark
- 1 - North Caldwell
- 1 - West Orange
NEW JERSEY NEWS
"Should these new measures not prove effective, there’s nothing off the table”
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco
🔺 #SocialDistancingNow
After Gov. Murphy viewed videos and photographs of crowded restaurants and recreation sites:
- "It's too much business as usual....everyone is responsible to protect not only themselves but others."
- Stay home
- or keep 6 feet from others at work and when it's necessary to go out in public
- Shop / Dine ToGo only or accept porch deliveries
- My commentary:
- "Social Distancing or We Become Italy: This is not a practice, not a drill"
🔺 NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK / CONNECTICUT Shared Regulations
- No Gathering over 50+
- Restaurants / Bars ToGo Only
- Closed:
- Casinos, Gyms, Movie Theaters
🔷 TEANECK REGULATIONS - For Duration
- Grocery Stores: 1 family member only inside
- Closed:
- Daycare centers
- Hair / Nail Salons
- Health and Sports Clubs and Martial Arts
- Self-Quarantine: All 40,000 Residents
- only leave their homes for food and medicine.
🔷 OTHER NJ MUNICIPAL UPDATES
- Hoboken
- Curfew in place 10pm to 5am
- Montclair
- Restaurants / Bars Close 10pm to 5am
- Paterson:
- Eva's Village Shelter:
- Take out only for Homeless, twice a day
- Shelter to remain open for guests
- Eva's Village Shelter:
🔷 NJ WORKERS
- NJ State employees are authorized (not mandated) to work from home
🔷 NJ SCHOOLS
- Closing:
Today, Governor is expected to announce all NJ schools closed - Equal Education:
First making sure that every school is prepared with meals, technology loaners, hotspots, special assistance tutors for every student
🔷 NJ UTILITIES - For Duration
- Power:
All NJ public gas and electric utility companies in NJ have agreed to suspend service shutoffs - Water:
All NJ water companies have agreed to suspend shut-offs
🔷 NJ DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- Closed: until Mar. 30 and will reassess
- Permits expiring by May 31 are extended for two months:
- Licenses
- IDs
- Registrations
- Inspections
- So much more is needed:
- Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, is using 700 to 1,000 sets of masks, gowns, face shields and gloves daily
🔷 NJ COURTS
- Monday and Tuesday in person trials postponed
- Remote Only:
- County jails inmates will not be transported to Superior Court
- Civil and Family Court proceedings
- No new jury trials
- Cases that Will Continue:
- Ongoing jury trials
- Emergency relief
- Domestic Violence restraining orders
- Extreme Risk Protective Orders submitted by local police
- First Appearance hearings as conducted by Central Judicial Processing
- Child support hearings involving incarcerated individuals
- Pretrial detention hearings
- Juvenile detention hearings
- Bail determinations for outstanding warrants and failure to appear
- Civil commitment hearings
- Supervision and monitoring of people on probation
🔷 NJ / NY AIRPORT UNION WORKERS
- Newark, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports union stating "members have not been properly trained and outfitted to reduce the risk of transmission"
- "You have cabin cleaners who come into contact with blood, vomit, mucus, feces, all types of bodily fluids, and they have no more training today than they did before the outbreak"
🔷 NEW YORK - 746 Patients / 6 deaths
🔷 NEW YORK CITY Regulations
- Schools closed
- Closed Also: Nightclubs, Concert venues
🔷 PENNSYLVANIA - 69 Patients
🔷 DELAWARE - 7 Patients
🔷 US PATIENTS - 3807 Including Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands
Including:
- 769 - Washington
- 746 - New York
- 475 - California
- 164 - Massachusetts
- 149 - Florida
- 136 - Colorado
- 115 - New Jersey
- 111 - Georgia
- 103 - Louisiana
- 95 - Illinois
🔷 US Deaths - 69
- 42 - Washington
- 6 - California
- 6 - New York
- 5 - Florida
- 2 - New Jersey
- 2- Louisiana
- 1 - Colorado
- 1 - Georgia
- 1 - Kansas
- 1 - Oregon
- 1 - South Dakota
- 1 - Virginia
🔺 US TESTING UPDATES
- 2000 Labs to be added this week
- Priority Testing:
- Healthcare workers
- First Responders
- Those over age 65
- Those with temperatures above 99.6 degrees
🔷 US NEWS UPDATES
- Restaurants Closed:
- New York City
- Massachusetts
- Ohio
- Puerto Rico
- Washington
- Bars Closed:
- Boston
- California
- Hoboken
- New York City
- Theaters / Gyms Closed:
- Los Angeles
- Self-Quarantine:
- California - All age 65 and older
- Teaneck, NJ - All residents
- Casinos Closed:
🔷 BUSINESS NEWS UPDATES
STORES
- Hours Lessened
- Walmart 6am to 11pm
- ToGo Only
- Starbucks
- Starbucks
- Closing for duration
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Apple
- Lush
- Nike
- Patagonia
- Urban Outfitters
🔷 US PEACE CORPS
- All global operations suspended
- All volunteers to evacuate and then return when conditions permit
SATURDAY, Mar. 14
Day 11
Sun, Mar. 15,
1am
for Saturday, Mar. 14:
According to Gov. Murphy today, all presumptive cases in US are now considered by the CDC as Confirmed Positive
🔷 NEW JERSEY - 69 Patients (2 deaths)
🔷 New Jersey Patients by County:
🔷 ESSEX COUNTY CASES:
🔷 NEW YORK - 524 Patients (2 deaths)
🔷 PENNSYLVANIA - 47 Patients
Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties ordered to close until further notice:
🔷 US PATIENTS - 2,816 people in 49 states, plus DC, and Puerto Rico
🔷 US Patients include:
🔷 58 US Deaths:
🔷 US HOSPITALS
Nonemergency Surgeries cancelled
🔷TESTING
🔷 TRAVEL
🔷 VOTING
🔷 SPORTS
▪️Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood is positive
Sat. Mar. 14,
3:30pm
From Gov. Murphy's Press Conference
"Residents need to do the little things, practicing good social hygiene and staying home when possible, and we will get thru this....The spread of this disease will be stopped at the community level. Taking personal responsibility will make all the difference. "
🔷 NJ PATIENTS
69 total, including 19 new today:
New Patients
🔷 COUNTY TOTALS
There has been confusion over NJDOH's announced patient numbers
Governor: "It's inevitable that all of our schools will shut down in a matter of days. I'm very happy with school districts that have already gone ahead on school closures."
Equal Education needs to be confirmed and then schools will close for duration
Governor: "It makes complete logical sense that Bergen would be the first site for mass testing"
Governor: "I'm currently in a room separated by 6 feet from the three others here with me."
NJ Health Commissioner: "Everyone should assume that the corona virus is present in your community. First decide, should you even be there?"
Commissioner
"We know that families are a critical support to inmates, but insuring the health of our inmates and staff is of paramount importance."
Starts today at 5pm
Governor: "Incredible heroism of our healthcare workers, they have never been more valuable and their personal well-being more important than now."
Governor: "If we thought there was a reason to hoard, I promise you I would say so."
▪️ The NJ trucking industry has loosened requirements so that supplies can keep getting through to retail stores
1am
for Saturday, Mar. 14:
According to Gov. Murphy today, all presumptive cases in US are now considered by the CDC as Confirmed Positive
🔷 NEW JERSEY - 69 Patients (2 deaths)
- Hoboken: all gyms, theaters, day care centers closed
- Teaneck: 41,000 residents to self-quarantine
- Trenton State of Emergency
🔷 New Jersey Patients by County:
- 25 - Bergen
(or 31 according to County) - 10 - Middlesex
- 8 - Monmouth
- 7 - Essex
- 5 - Hudson
- 3 - Burlington
- 3 - Morris
- 2 - Camden
- 2 - Passaic
- 1 - Mercer
- 1 - Ocean
- 1 - Somerset
- 1 - Union
🔷 ESSEX COUNTY CASES:
- Female, 66-year-old, Montclair, at Mountainside Hospital
- Female, 70s, Montclair
- Male, 60s, Montclair
- Female, 60s
- Female, 74, Livingston
- Female, 74, Bloomfield
- Male, 77, Bloomfield
🔷 NEW YORK - 524 Patients (2 deaths)
- 2 deaths: Rockland County and Brooklyn; both had underlying health conditions
- 2 State Assembly members from Brooklyn positive
- Archdiocese of New York cancels public masses
🔷 PENNSYLVANIA - 47 Patients
Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties ordered to close until further notice:
- Bars
- Recreation centers
- Gyms
- Salons and spas
- Casinos, concert venues, and theaters
- Sporting facilities and golf courses
- Malls
🔷 US PATIENTS - 2,816 people in 49 states, plus DC, and Puerto Rico
🔷 US Patients include:
- 607 - Washington
- 524 - New York
- 348 - California
- 123 - Massachusetts
- 101 - Colorado
- 77 - Louisiana
- 71 - Florida
- 69 - New Jersey
- 66 - Georgia
- 64 - Illinois
🔷 58 US Deaths:
- 40 - Washington
- 5 - California
- 4 - Florida
- 2 - New Jersey
- 2 - New York
- 1- Colorado
- 1- Georgia
- 1- Louisiana
- 1- South Dakota
- 1- Virginia
🔷 US HOSPITALS
Nonemergency Surgeries cancelled
- Overlake Medical Center (WA)
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Swedish Medical Center (WA)
- New York City’s Health
- NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
🔷TESTING
- President Trump tests negative for the coronavirus
- 5 million coronavirus tests would be available within a month
- Apple, Urban Outfitters closed for duration
- TacoBell - Drive thru only
🔷 TRAVEL
- US travel ban now extends to UK, Ireland
- Colorado Ski Resorts Closed
🔷 VOTING
- Georgia Mar. 24 primary moved to May 19
🔷 SPORTS
▪️Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood is positive
Sat. Mar. 14,
3:30pm
From Gov. Murphy's Press Conference
"Residents need to do the little things, practicing good social hygiene and staying home when possible, and we will get thru this....The spread of this disease will be stopped at the community level. Taking personal responsibility will make all the difference. "
🔷 NJ PATIENTS
69 total, including 19 new today:
New Patients
- 13 Females, 6 Male
- Ages 18 to 80
- Bergen 7
- Middlesex 7
- Essex 2
- Female, 74, Bloomfield
- Male, 77, Bloomfield
- Hudson 2
- Monmouth 1
🔷 COUNTY TOTALS
- Bergen: 25
- Burlington: 3
- Camden: 2
- Essex: 7
- Patient 25 - Female, 66-year-old, Montclair at Mountainside Hospital
- Patient 40 - Female, 70s, Montclair
- Patient 41 - Male, 60s, Montclair
- Patient 42 - Female, 60s
- Patient 43 - Female, 74, Livingston
- Patient 51 - Female, 74, Bloomfield
- Patient 52 - Male, 77, Bloomfield
- Patient 25 - Female, 66-year-old, Montclair at Mountainside Hospital
- Hudson: 5
- Mercer: 1
- Middlesex: 10
- Monmouth: 8
- Morris: 3
- Ocean: 1
- Passaic: 2
- Somerset: 1
- Union: 1
There has been confusion over NJDOH's announced patient numbers
- Local Board of Health is given full information for their own municipality and will make it public
- Specimen batches are tested overnight, then reported
- Robert Woods Johnson and Hackensack University hospitals directly report all information to the State
- Private testing companies are only reporting positives to the state, and then slowly transferring the rest of patient information electronically to the state
- State is requesting much better insight into negative and all results from private companies
Governor: "It's inevitable that all of our schools will shut down in a matter of days. I'm very happy with school districts that have already gone ahead on school closures."
Equal Education needs to be confirmed and then schools will close for duration
- Disabilities: Children who have 1/1 support or further needs are handled through the Department of Human Service
- Food: Every child is to have meals covered by schools if needed
- Wifi: Every child is to have hotspots provided by schools if needed
- Computer: Every child is to be provided with loaner laptop / ipads if needed
- Private schools - are already following provisions at this time
Governor: "It makes complete logical sense that Bergen would be the first site for mass testing"
- Hardest hit Bergen will begin accelerated testing using a tent structure system at Bergen County Community College
- American Dream Mall closed for the duration
- All schools closed and remote teaching
Governor: "I'm currently in a room separated by 6 feet from the three others here with me."
NJ Health Commissioner: "Everyone should assume that the corona virus is present in your community. First decide, should you even be there?"
- Keep a healthy distance from everyone
- Stay home
- Public Hearings (anything under 250+ allowed) but social distancing should be in effect
- No visitors in long term care except for end of life, including all Nursing homes.
- Adult day care may decide to close on their own but keep clients at safe distance from each other
- Bergen County accelerated testing begins Monday
- Rest of state within weeks
- Prioritized testing for the most vulnerable: those who were exposed, those showing symptoms
- Anyone with mild symptoms should remain home
- Negative Results: Sometimes the virus is not showing in the initial stages; people will need to be re-tested.
Commissioner
"We know that families are a critical support to inmates, but insuring the health of our inmates and staff is of paramount importance."
Starts today at 5pm
- Inmates still have access to Courts but judicial trials already stopped indefinitely
- Free and extended phones calls
- Free postage
- No one accepted if they present with symptoms
- No inmates have tested positive
Governor: "Incredible heroism of our healthcare workers, they have never been more valuable and their personal well-being more important than now."
- Governor and Vice President Pence spoke last night regarding healthcare needs
- Shipment of thousands of gowns, masks, jumpsuits arrived today; more is needed
Governor: "If we thought there was a reason to hoard, I promise you I would say so."
▪️ The NJ trucking industry has loosened requirements so that supplies can keep getting through to retail stores
FRIDAY, Mar. 13
Day 10
Sat, Mar. 14
5:15am
for Friday, Mar. 13
🔷 National Emergency Declared
🔷 NEW JERSEY - 51 Patients
(including 1 death)
Essex total:
There have been no details released:
🔷 COUNTY PATIENT TOTALS
🔷 NEW YORK - 421 Patients
New York City's Schools to remain open.
🔷 UNITED STATES - 2,174 Patients in 49 States
48 Patients Deceased:
🔷 STATES HAVE ORDERED SCHOOLS CLOSED
18 States, and DC
🔷 COVID TESTING
🔷 BIPARTISAN PACKAGE EXPECTED TO PASS SENATE
🔷 GATHERINGS
🔷 HOME DELIVERIES
🔷 MEDICAL SHORTAGES AND DELAYS
🔷 TRAVEL
🔷 SPORTS CANCELLATIONS
🔷 BUSINESS
🔷 VOTING
🔷 PRISONS
5:15am
for Friday, Mar. 13
🔷 National Emergency Declared
🔷 NEW JERSEY - 51 Patients
(including 1 death)
Essex total:
- 6 or 5 (number has vacillated today)
There have been no details released:
- Patient 30 - Female, 49, Princeton - recently in Boston
- Patient 32 - Male, 40s, Hoboken - isolating at home
- Patient 33 - Female, 41, Jersey City
- Patients 34, 35, 36, 37 - Bergen County
- Patient 38 - Burlington County
- Patient 39 - Female, 74, Livingston
- Patient 40 - Female, 70s, Montclair
- Patient 41 - Male, 60s, Montclair
- Patient 42 - Female, 60s, Essex County
- Patient (43 - MAYBE) Essex County
- Patients (43), 44 - Middlesex County
- Patients 45, 46 - Monmouth County
- Patients 47 - East Hanover
- Patients 48 - Morris County
- Patient 49 - Ocean County
- Patients 50, 51 - Passaic County
🔷 COUNTY PATIENT TOTALS
- Bergen: 17 (including 1 death)
- Monmouth: 7
- Essex: 6
- Middlesex: 4
- Burlington: 3
- Hudson: 3
- Morris: 3
- Passaic: 3
- Camden: 1
- Mercer: 1
- Ocean: 1
- Somerset: 1
- Union: 1
🔷 NEW YORK - 421 Patients
New York City's Schools to remain open.
- America's largest school system: 1.1 million students,
- 114,000 homeless students depend on schools for daily food and shelter. This should not be happening ever, anywhere.
- 114,000 homeless students depend on schools for daily food and shelter. This should not be happening ever, anywhere.
- New York Public Library Closed
🔷 UNITED STATES - 2,174 Patients in 49 States
- 12 Patients Have recovered
- 33 States declare State of Emergency
- 510 - Washington
- 421 - New York
- 314 - California
- 123 - Massachusetts
- 77- Colorado
- 51 - New Jersey
- 51 - Texas
- 46 - Florida
- 46 - Illinois
- 42 - Georgia
48 Patients Deceased:
- 37 - Washington
- 4 - California
- 2 - Florida
- 1 - Colorado
- 1 - Georgia
- 1 - Kansas
- 1 - New Jersey
- 1- South Dakota
🔷 STATES HAVE ORDERED SCHOOLS CLOSED
18 States, and DC
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Delaware
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
🔷 COVID TESTING
- ▪️ US is hoping to vastly increase testing capabilities.
- South Korea is testing 10,000 people DAILY
- US has tested a TOTAL of less than 15,000 patients
- Drive through sites in CVS, Target, Walgreens, and Walmart parking lot will be utilized for fast testing
🔷 BIPARTISAN PACKAGE EXPECTED TO PASS SENATE
- Paid Leave covered for "those infected by the virus, quarantined, have a sick family member or are impacted by school closures"
- FREE Covid19 Testing
- $1 billion in food aid
- 2 weeks Paid Sick Leave
- 3 months paid family and medical leave
🔷 GATHERINGS
- Massachusetts bans gathering of 200+ people
- AMC Theaters caps audiences at 250 people
🔷 HOME DELIVERIES
- UPS reports deliveries have reached "holiday season-levels"
- Wisconsin driver: “We had a guy this morning go out with an entire truck with just toilet paper on it."
🔷 MEDICAL SHORTAGES AND DELAYS
- "After a patient is tested, the room needs to be vacated for two hours and undergo a thorough cleaning"
- American Clinical Laboratory Association reports health centers are running short on:
- Machines that process the test results
- N95 respirators
- gloves
- goggles
- gowns
- masks
- swabs
- viral transport media
🔷 TRAVEL
- Disneyland (CA) and Disneyworld (FL) - closed
- Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Paris Disney - Closed
- Nepal closes Mount Everest
- Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and MSC Cruises suspends all voyages
🔷 SPORTS CANCELLATIONS
- Boston Marathon - now Sept. 14
- Masters Tournament, Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals
- PGA Players Championship and all PGA events through the Valero Texas Open
- ESPN will feature "encore presentations of events, specials and feature programming"
- NBA players are donating to help the hourly arena workers
- NCAA will extend eligibility of spring sports athletes by one year due to lost season
🔷 BUSINESS
- Apple closing all stores outside China
🔷 VOTING
- Louisiana moved April 4 primary to June 20
🔷 PRISONS
- US Prisons are likely unable to stop virus spreading in overcrowded prison populations
- Bureau of Prisons is suspending inmate visits at all 122 federal correctional facilities
- Many state jails are stopping visits, including defense attorneys
THURSDAY, Mar. 12
Day 9
Fri, Mar. 13
12am
for Thursday, Mar. 12
NEW JERSEY - 29 Patients (including 1 deceased)
6 today:
NJ CROWD GATHERING BAN
NJ SCHOOLS
NJ COURTS
REMOTE USAGE:
From Chief Justice Stuart Rabner:
NEWARK ARCHDIOCESE MASSES SUSPENDED
Cardinal Tobin announced tonight:
JERSEY CITY STRICT REGULATIONS AND CURFEW
ATTENDANCE RECORDS
GATHERINGS
Mayor Steve Fulop Executive Order
NEW YORK -328 Patients
NY CONTAINMENT
NY CROWD GATHERING BAN
BROADWAY CLOSES FOR 30 DAYS
NYC MUSEUMS, HALLS CLOSED
NY WORSHIP / REMOTE WORSHIP
New York Archdiocese
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Remote Worship Plan
UNITED STATES - 1599 Patients including:
SPORTS CANCELLED
WASHINGTON DC TOURISM SHUT DOWN
Capitol Buildings Closed to Public and Tours Stopped
RESORTS CLOSED
DISNEYLAND (CA) CLOSED STARTING SATURDAY
12am
for Thursday, Mar. 12
NEW JERSEY - 29 Patients (including 1 deceased)
6 today:
- Patient 24 - Female, 16, Englewood at Englewood Heath
- Patient 25 - Female, 66-year-old, Montclair at Mountainside Hospital
- Patient 26 - Male, 51, Butler at Chilton Medical Center
- Patient 27 - Male, 23, Bridgewater
- Patient 28 - Male, 53, Manalapan
- Patient 29 - Female, Teaneck
NJ CROWD GATHERING BAN
- Gov. Murphy bans all gatherings in New Jersey over 250+ people
NJ SCHOOLS
- NJ High School Basketball State Tournament ended
- Verona Schools closed to teach remotely through March 31
NJ COURTS
REMOTE USAGE:
- Video/Phone Motions, Hearings, Non-Jury Trials with only Judge and staff in courtroom
- Training of Judges and Staff will take place next week
- Trials in progress will continue
- No new Criminal / Civil trials to begin
- Grand Juries may continue
- No juror should report if they are sick OR exposed
- Court schedules will be staggered to cut down on crowd
- Activities cancelled: Student tours / Family visit days
- Judges, Staff, Committee to videoconference
- All out of state travel canceled
From Chief Justice Stuart Rabner:
NEWARK ARCHDIOCESE MASSES SUSPENDED
Cardinal Tobin announced tonight:
- Obligation to attend Mass is suspended until further notice
- This weekend all public Masses are cancelled
- Mass decisions will be made daily
- Church buildings to remain open; those that pray are asked to keep a distance from each other
- Weddings / Baptisms / Funerals are permitted but immediate family members only should attend
- All Catholic schools closed Monday through Mar. 22 and will be re-assessed
- CCD classes are suspended through Mar. 20
JERSEY CITY STRICT REGULATIONS AND CURFEW
ATTENDANCE RECORDS
- Restaurant / Worship required to record identity of anyone entering in case it's needed for future exposure tracing
GATHERINGS
- 10pm Curfew
- All public meetings and private events on city property cancelled
- City offices will remain open - but by appointment only to see staff
Mayor Steve Fulop Executive Order
NEW YORK -328 Patients
NY CONTAINMENT
- National Guard is now assisting in New Rochelle until Mar. 25
NY CROWD GATHERING BAN
- Gov. Cuomo ban all gatherings in New York of 500+ people
- New York City State of Emergency
BROADWAY CLOSES FOR 30 DAYS
- Shows hoping to reopen on Apr. 13
- Refunds available for all tickets purchased for this period
NYC MUSEUMS, HALLS CLOSED
- Frick Collection
galleries and library closed
all events cancelled - Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cloisters closed
- 2 staff positive
- 2 staff positive
- Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall closed through March 31
- 9/11 Museum closed
NY WORSHIP / REMOTE WORSHIP
New York Archdiocese
- All Schools closed / activites cancelled
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Remote Worship Plan
- Church is closed to all except Staff
- Video Service will be uploaded to Youtube
- Street Ministry will continue
- Shelter has been closed, cleaned and will reopen with 6 guests on Monday
- Adult Education will be online
- Sunday School suspended
- Youth Group will meet using the Zoom app
- "Meals on Heels" will continue delivering meals to needy
UNITED STATES - 1599 Patients including:
- 416 - Washington
- 328 - New York
- 247 - California
- 108 - Massachusetts
- 49 - Colorado
- 36 - Texas
- 31 - Georgia
- 30 - Florida
- 29 - New Jersey
- 25 - Illinois
- 31 - Washington
- 4 - California
- 2 - Florida
- 1 - New Jersey
- 1 - South Dakota
SPORTS CANCELLED
- Miami Open, and Men’s Tennis tour stopped
- NCAA Basketball Tournaments cancelled
- Major League Baseball suspended games; delaying start of 2020 season
- National Hockey League games stopped
- Major League Soccer games stopped
- National Basketball Assn games stopped
- 2nd Utah Jazz player positive
WASHINGTON DC TOURISM SHUT DOWN
Capitol Buildings Closed to Public and Tours Stopped
- Smithsonian
- US Capitol Building
- Pentagon
- White House
- Supreme Court
- Live Nation Entertainment Tours (Billie Eilish, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, Cher, Kiss, Post Malone, Tool, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chris Stapleton, Lady Gaga)
- AEG Present Tours (Justin Bieber, Rolling Stones, Robert Plant)
RESORTS CLOSED
DISNEYLAND (CA) CLOSED STARTING SATURDAY
- Closing Saturday through March 31
- Hotels remaining open through Monday
- No Illness
- Downtown Disney staying open
- Disney cast members will be paid
- Refunds available for any reserved for this time period
- Closing Saturday through March 28
- No Illness
- Universal CityWalk staying open
Thur, Mar. 12
4pm
29 Patients (including 1 deceased)
Patients are listed in order they were announced
BERGEN COUNTY - 13 Patients
BURLINGTON COUNTY - 2 Patients
CAMDEN COUNTY - 1 Patient
MIDDLESEX COUNTY - 2 Patients
MORRIS COUNTY - 1 Patient
UNION COUNTY - 1 Patient
Thu, Mar. 12
2pm
WEST ESSEX HIGH SCHOOLS / MIDDLE SCHOOLS -
4pm
29 Patients (including 1 deceased)
Patients are listed in order they were announced
BERGEN COUNTY - 13 Patients
- Patient 1: James Cai - Health care worker Male, 32, Fort Lee - at Hackensack Univ Medical Center. He has spoken out about his condition
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, was Englewood Hospital, now isolating at home
- Patient 4 - Male, 55, Englewood Hospital - attended CPAC in Maryland
- Patient 5 - Health care worker Male, 70, Teaneck at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson
- Patient 8 - Male, 30, Teaneck - at Holy Name Medical Center
- Patient 14 - Bergen County
- Patient 15 - Deceased: Male, age 69, from Little Ferry with preexisting emphysema, diabetes and hypertension. Treated with antibiotics and Tamiflu at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Patient 16 - Bergen County
- Patient 17 - Bergen County
- Patient 18 - Bergen County
- Patient 19 - Bergen County
- Patient 24 - Female, 16, Englewood at at Englewood Hospital
- Patient 29 - Female, Teaneck, at Holy
Name Medical Center
BURLINGTON COUNTY - 2 Patients
- Patient 12 and Patient 13 - Married: Female, 60, and Male 62
CAMDEN COUNTY - 1 Patient
- Patient 3: Male, 61, Cherry Hill at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Camden
- Patient 25 - Female, 66-year-old, Montclair at Mountainside Hospital
- Patient 6 - Male, 32, West New York at Hackensack University Medical Center
MIDDLESEX COUNTY - 2 Patients
- Patient 20 - Middlesex County
- Patient 21 - Middlesex County
- Patient 10 - Male, 27, Little Silver, not hospitalized (Attended Biogen Conference, Boston)
- Patient 11 - Female, 83, Hazlet - at Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel
- Patient 22 - Monmouth County
- Patient 23 - Monmouth County
- Patient 28 - Male, 53, Manalapan, at Central State
MORRIS COUNTY - 1 Patient
- Patient 26 - Male, 51, Butler at Chilton Medical Center
- Patient 7 - Female, 18, Clifton - hospitalized
- Patient 27 - Male, 23, Bidgewater
UNION COUNTY - 1 Patient
- Patient 9 - Male, 48, Berkeley Heights - at Overlook Medical Center, Summit
Thu, Mar. 12
2pm
WEST ESSEX HIGH SCHOOLS / MIDDLE SCHOOLS -
- Schools closed through Sunday evening
- Mamma Mia, Tricky Tray, SATs, Sports - postponed
- There is no illness
- Evaluating further school closures
WEDNESDAY, Mar. 11
Day 8
Thu Mar. 12
12:45am
for Wed. March 11:
1 Week After New Jersey's First Patient
WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic Outbreak (worldwide, no immunity)
CORONA VS. FLU Death rates
European Travel to US Suspension
30 days, starts Friday
US Citizens can travel, but only if they pass screening
Countries (except UK and Ireland)
Economic relief proposed including:
THE REASON FOR FACE MASKS AND HAND WASHING
US Study Released Today, co-published by Princeton, UCLA, CDC, NIH
The Virus can live
NEW JERSEY - 23 Patients
(including 1 deceased)
8 new patients with limited descriptions:
NJ HOSPITALS
(ATLANTIC HEALTH) - VISITATION RULES
HOSPITALS:
NO VISITORS
OTHER HOSPITALS ALLOWING VISITORS:
REVISED VISITOR RULES
LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NJ - NO VISITORS
LOCATIONS
REVISED RULES
SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING - SCREENED VISITING
BRIGHTON GARDENS LOCATIONS
SUNRISE LOCATIONS
REVISED VISITATION RULES
REVISED RESIDENCE RULES
*****
NEW YORK - 218 Patients
PENNSYLVANIA - 16 Patients
DELAWARE - 1 Patient
UNITED STATES - 1,195 Patients in 39 States
Deaths: 37
BROADCAST / ENTERTAINMENT
ST. PATRICK'S PARADES CANCELLED
12:45am
for Wed. March 11:
1 Week After New Jersey's First Patient
WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic Outbreak (worldwide, no immunity)
CORONA VS. FLU Death rates
- Corona: 3.4% - no vaccines, no treatments available
- Flu: 0.1% - vaccinations and treatments available
European Travel to US Suspension
30 days, starts Friday
US Citizens can travel, but only if they pass screening
Countries (except UK and Ireland)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Economic relief proposed including:
- Paid family sick leave
- Small business loans
- Deferred tax payments
- Payroll tax relief
THE REASON FOR FACE MASKS AND HAND WASHING
US Study Released Today, co-published by Princeton, UCLA, CDC, NIH
The Virus can live
- 3 hours in the air
- 4 hours on copper
- 24 hours on cardboard
- 2 to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel
NEW JERSEY - 23 Patients
(including 1 deceased)
8 new patients with limited descriptions:
- All hospitalized
- 3 Female Patients, 5 Male Patients, Ages: 17 to 66-years-old
- Patient 16, 17, 18, 19 - Bergen County
- Patient 20, 21 - Middlesex County
- Patient 22, 23 - Monmouth County
- Bergen, Passaic and Essex Counties suspend all contact visitations but continued traditional visits (through a glass)
- Passaic County and Essex County allowing attorney contact visitations
NJ HOSPITALS
(ATLANTIC HEALTH) - VISITATION RULES
HOSPITALS:
- Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)
- Hackettstown Medical Center
- Morristown Medical Center and Goryeb Children's Hospital
- Newton Medical Center
- Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
- Hours: 8am to 8pm
- Limit to 2 visitors in room including NICU, Pediatric
- 1 visitor in waiting areas and ER
- Maternity - 1 support person
- No one under age 18
- Limit to 1 visitor per patient
NO VISITORS
- Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel)
- Nursing Homes / Rehabilitation facilities except in end-of-life situations: Includes West Caldwell Care Center
OTHER HOSPITALS ALLOWING VISITORS:
- Hackensack Univ, Sanzari Children's (Hackensack)
- Jersey Shore Univ, Hovnanian Children's (Neptune City)
- JFK Med Center (Edison)
- Mountainside Medical Center (Montclair)
- Ocean Med Center (Brick)
- Riverview Med Center (Red Bank)
- Palisades Medical Center (North Bergen)
- Pascack Valley Medical Center (Westwood)
- Raritan Bay Medical Centers (Perth Amboy)(Old Bridge)
- Southern Ocean Medical Center (Manahawkin)
REVISED VISITOR RULES
- 8am to 8pm
- 2 visitors per patient
- No one under age 12
- ALL Visitors screened
LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NJ - NO VISITORS
LOCATIONS
- Crane's Mill (West Caldwell)
- The Villa at Florham Park
- Lutheran Senior Life at Jersey City
REVISED RULES
- No Visitors except in emergencies
- ALL Staff and contractors will screen at entry
- Transportation service only for medical appointments
- ALL resident gatherings discouraged
- ALL outside gatherings (social / worship) cancelled
SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING - SCREENED VISITING
BRIGHTON GARDENS LOCATIONS
- Edison
- Florham Park
- Middletown
- Mountainside
- Saddle River
- West Orange, NJ
SUNRISE LOCATIONS
- Basking Ridge
- Bridgewater
- Cresskill
- East Brunswick
- Edgewater
- Jackson
- Lincroft
- Madison
- Marlboro
- Morris Plains
- Old Tappan
- Paramus
- Randolph
- Shrewsbury
- Wall
- Wayne
- West Essex (Fairfield)
- Westfield
- Woodcliff Lake
REVISED VISITATION RULES
- ALL Visitors / Vendors screened at entry
- ALL Staff screened at entry
- Visits take place in residence or in limited public areas
REVISED RESIDENCE RULES
- DAILY Resident screenings
- Limited large family events (over 10 people)
- Limited resident group outings
- Enhanced activities calendar focused on in-house activities and small group gatherings
*****
NEW YORK - 218 Patients
PENNSYLVANIA - 16 Patients
DELAWARE - 1 Patient
- Male, 50, University of Delaware Professor - isolating at home
UNITED STATES - 1,195 Patients in 39 States
Deaths: 37
- Washington - 29
- California - 4
- Florida - 2
- New Jersey - 1
- South Dakota - 1
BROADCAST / ENTERTAINMENT
- 2 New York City CBS News employees tested positive; all employees will work remotely. Any who had contact will isolate
- Shows with no Audience:
- CBS The Late Show
- NBC The Tonight Show
- HBO Last Week Tonight
- Jeopardy
- Wheel of Fortune
- ▪️Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive
ST. PATRICK'S PARADES CANCELLED
- Bergen County
- Jersey City
- Morristown
- Newark
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Union County
- West Orange
- ▪️"Doing Business under Coronavirus" Conference (DC)
- NBA suspends all games until further notice; Utah Jazz player positive
- NCAA March Madness basketball tournaments essential staff and limited family only - no fans
- San Francisco prohibits all gatherings over 1,000 people
- Seattle prohibits all gatherings over 250 people
- College Basketball Invitational cancelled
- The Ivy League cancels all upcoming competitions and practices
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo cancelled
- CinemaCon (Las Vegas) cancelled
- World Figure Skating Championships (Montreal)
TUESDAY, Mar. 10
Day 7
Tues, Mar. 10
11:15pm
NEW JERSEY - 15 Patients
(including 1 deceased)
UNITED STATES - 973 Patients in 37 States
Deaths: 30
ST. PATRICK'S DAY (added)
11:15pm
NEW JERSEY - 15 Patients
(including 1 deceased)
- Patient 1: James Cai - Health care worker Male, 32, Fort Lee - at Hackensack Univ Medical Center. He has spoken out about his condition online here
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, was Englewood Hospital, now isolating at home
- Patient 3: Male, 61, Cherry Hill at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Camden
- Patient 4 - Male, 55, Englewood Hospital - attended CPAC in Maryland
- Patient 5 - Health care worker Male, 70, Teaneck at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson
- Patient 6 - Male, 32, West New York at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Patient 7 - Female, 18, Clifton - hospitalized
- Patient 8 - Male, 30, Teaneck - at Holy Name Medical Center
- Patient 9 - Male, 48, Berkeley Heights - at Overlook Medical Center, Summit
- Patient 10 - Male, 27, Little Silver, not hospitalized (Attended Biogen Conference, Boston)
- Patient 11 - Female, 83, Hazlet - at Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel
- Patient 12
Patient 13 - Married: Female, 60, and Male 62 - Burlington County - Patient 14 - Bergen County
- Patient 15 - Deceased: Male, age 69, from Little Ferry with preexisting emphysema, diabetes and hypertension. Treated with antibiotics and Tamiflu at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Westchester: 108 (10 new)
- New York City: 36 (17 new)
- Nassau: 19 (2 new)
- Rockland: 6 (2 new)
- Saratoga: 2
- Suffolk: 1
- Ulster: 1
- New Rochelle / Eastchester is now a “containment zone." All Schools, Community Centers, Churches, Temples are closed for 2 weeks. National Guard will work to decontaminate buildings and deliver meals to people under quarantine
- New York City - Road Runners Club Half Marathon cancelled
- United Nations - Closed to public
UNITED STATES - 973 Patients in 37 States
Deaths: 30
- Washington - 24
- California - 2
- Florida - 2
- New Jersey - 1
- South Dakota - 1
- American University
- Amherst College
- Bergen Community College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bucknell University
- City University of New York State
- Cornell University
- Drew University
- Emerson College
- Fairleigh Dickinson
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Harvard University
- Hofstra University
- Indiana University
- James Madison University
- Juilliard
- Kent State
- Manhattanville College (Purchase NY)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Monmouth University
- Montclair State University
- Mount Holyoke
- Muhlenberg
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
- Pittsburgh University
- Ramapo College
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rutgers University
- Seton Hall University
- St. John's University
- State University of New York - all campuses
- Syracuse University
- Tufts University
- University of Delaware
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Scranton
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA)
- Wheaton College (MA)
- William Paterson University
ST. PATRICK'S DAY (added)
- Philadelphia's St. Patrick's Day Parade - cancelled
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts (Indio, CA) cancelled
- Stagecoach Country Music (Indio, CA) cancelled
- Democratic debate in Phoenix - no audience
- Wheel of Fortune gameshow - no audience
- Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference (New Orleans) was not cancelled; attended tested positive
MONDAY, Mar. 9
Day 6
Mon., Mar. 9
10:30pm
New Jersey State of Emergency / Public Health Emergency
Tuesday, Mar. 10 - No School
North Caldwell schools are surveying families to make sure everyone has internet / device capability.
NEW JERSEY - 11 patients
UNITED STATES - 650 patients
26 deaths (WA - 22, CA - 2, FL - 2)
US State of Emergency
SPORTS
10:30pm
New Jersey State of Emergency / Public Health Emergency
- to free up state funds for districts across the state
- NJ Superintendent of Police Col. Patrick A. Callahan and NJ Commissioner of Health Judith M. Persichilli, RN, BSN, MA, will oversee NJ's emergency response
Tuesday, Mar. 10 - No School
- Livingston School
- Cedar Grove Schools
- Fairfield Schools
- Roseland Schools
- West Essex HS / MS
- Verona Schools
- Trinity Academy
North Caldwell schools are surveying families to make sure everyone has internet / device capability.
NEW JERSEY - 11 patients
- Patient 1: Male, 32, Fort Lee - at Hackensack Univ Medical Center
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, was Englewood Hospital, now isolating at home
- Patient 3: Male, 60s, Cherry Hill at Camden County hospital
- Patient 4 - Male, 55, Englewood Hospital - attended CPAC in Maryland
- Patient 5 - Health care worker, 70, Teaneck at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson
- Patient 6 - Male, 32, West New York at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Patient 7 - Female, 18, Clifton - in hospital
- Patient 8 - Male, 30, Teaneck - at Holy Name Medical Center
- Patient 9 - Male, 48, Berkeley Heights - at Overlook Medical Center, Summit
- Patient 10 - Male, 27, Little Silver, not hospitalized
- Patient 11 - Female, 83, Hazlet - at Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel
- Westchester: 98
- NYC: 19
- Nassau: 17
- Rockland: 4
- Saratoga: 2
- Suffolk: 1
- Ulster: 1
UNITED STATES - 650 patients
26 deaths (WA - 22, CA - 2, FL - 2)
US State of Emergency
- California
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- New York
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington
- Rick Cotton, Executive Director of Port Authority of NY/NJ has tested positive
- Amazon Audible, Newark - employees to work remotely
- NASA’s Ames Research Center, CA
- Anthem Insurance, NY
- Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade cancelled
- Ireland: all St. Patrick's Day Parades cancelled
- CVS Health - suspending delivery fee for home prescription service
- Barnard University
- Columbia University
- Fordham University
- New York University
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Seattle University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Washington
- Yeshiva University
SPORTS
- NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer: locker rooms and clubhouses closed to all except essential personnel
- CPAC: Along with Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar - Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Doug Collins and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows also interacted with NJ Patient at CPAC in Maryland and all are isolating.
- Rep Louie Gohmert of Texas also interacted, but returned to work.
- Meadows tested negative
SUNDAY, Mar. 8
Day 5
Sunday, Mar. 8
10:15pm
NEW JERSEY - 6 patients
NEW YORK - 105 Patients
PENNSYLVANIA - 6 patients
UNITED STATES - 480 patients
in 34 states and DC ;
21 deaths (18 - WA, 2 - FL, 1 - CA)
Total Including cruise ships off coast: 550
US State of Emergency
SPORTS
FESTIVALS / SEMINARS
10:15pm
NEW JERSEY - 6 patients
- Patient 1: Male, 32, Fort Lee - at Hackensack Univ Medical Center
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, Englewood Hospital and isolating at home
- Patient 3: Male, 60s, Camden County hospital
- Patient 4 - Male, 55, Englewood Hospital - Recently attended Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) in Maryland
- Patient 5 - Health care worker, 70, Teaneck at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson
- Patient 6 - Male, 32, West New York at Hackensack University Medical Center
NEW YORK - 105 Patients
- Westchester: 82
- New York City: 12
- Nassau: 5
- Rockland: 2
- Saratoga: 2
- Suffolk: 1
- Ulster: 1
- Declared State of Emergency to expedite tests and cleaning supplies
- Governor encourages all residents to work from home, telecommute and avoid places with a lot of people
- New York Southern District Courts issued an order directing anyone with court appearance to be screened first at entrance for temperature of 100.4 or above. If they have a temperature, they won't be admitted.
- Scarsdale Public School District has closed all schools
- Columbia University (NYC) and Barnard College (NYC) suspend classes
PENNSYLVANIA - 6 patients
- Montgomery County - 4
- Delaware County - 1
- Wayne County - 1
UNITED STATES - 480 patients
in 34 states and DC ;
21 deaths (18 - WA, 2 - FL, 1 - CA)
Total Including cruise ships off coast: 550
US State of Emergency
- California
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New York
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington
SPORTS
- NBA has asked teams to plan for possibility of games without fans and with only essential staff present
- US Army suspending travel for US soldiers to and from South Korea and Italy
FESTIVALS / SEMINARS
- Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland did not cancel. A NJ attendee there was positive; Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar both interacted and will now isolate themselves for 2 weeks.
- AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington D.C. did not cancel and two attendees have now tested positive
SATURDAY, Mar. 7
Day 4
Sat, Mar. 7
10:30am
Check prior posts for previous news on these subjects:
NJ SCHOOLS
SPORTS
MORE FESTIVALS / CONVENTIONS CANCELED
10:30am
Check prior posts for previous news on these subjects:
NJ SCHOOLS
- Learn From Home Education Bill
Sen. James Beach (D), Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R) call for NJEA counting online school days toward the 180-day school year if districts are forced to close (Currently schools practicing Learn From Home during bad weather are not allowed to include days as required school year)
"If we have the ability to limit the risk to both our children and their teachers while continuing their education, that’s something that would be smart to do" " Tom Kean Jr (R)
- Amtrak: Nonstop Acela trains between Washington and New York (trains 2401, 2402 and 2403) have been suspended
- New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association: Anyone showing symptoms of illness should not attend public events and refrain from sharing any clothing, wrestling gear, water or food
- Costco stops free samples
- Starbucks not accepting personal cup refills
- Wegmans allowing only 3 purchases of each: Hand sanitizer / Rubbing alcohol / Alcohol wipes / Prep pads / Hydrogen peroxide
- NJ: Johnson & Johnson
Companies working on vaccines include - CA: Gilead Sciences, Vir Biotechnology
- MA: Moderna Inc
- NY: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- PA: Inovio Pharmaceuticals
- France: Sanofi
- Japan: Takeda Pharmaceutical
- UK: GlaxoSmithKline
- Yankees warned about signing autographs
- Knicks warned not to high-five, or sign autographs
- National College Players Association calls on NCAA to hold March Madness games inside empty arenas.
- Johns Hopkins University hosted opening rounds of NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament inside an empty Baltimore gym
“In light of Maryland’s recently confirmed cases of COVID-19, and based on CDC guidance for large gatherings, we have determined that it is prudent to hold this tournament without spectators” - NCAA has formed Medical advisory group; not yet recommending games' cancellation or barring fans from attending sports events
- Chicago State University canceled men's basketball team conference travel and women's basketball hosting
- Northwestern cancelled annual Dance Marathon and all university spring break trips
SPORTS
- 32nd annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival in Columbus, OH will ban spectators
- US Federal Reserve quarantining all physical dollars from Asia
- CDC approved disinfectant cleaners list includes (Commercial / Heavy Duty for healthcare) Clorox, Lysol found here
MORE FESTIVALS / CONVENTIONS CANCELED
- American Bar Association Annual Institute (San Diego)
- American Physical Society annual (Denver)
- Annual U.S. Senate Youth Program (DC)
- CERAWeek Energy Conference (Houston)
- Facebook Global Marketing Summit (San Francisco)
- Global Health 2020 Conference & Exhibition (Orlando)
- Google's I/O Developer Conference (Mountain View, CA)
- International Housewares Association Inspired Home Show 2020 (Chicago)
- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Meeting (DC)
- Milken Institute Global Conference (Beverly Hills)
- Natural Products Expo West (Anaheim)
- Women of the World Festival (Baltimore)
- Adobe Annual Summit (Las Vegas)
- Google's Cloud Next '20 (San Francisco)
- IBM Think 2020 (San Francisco)
- Microsoft’s MVP Summit (Redmond, WA)
- Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (San Jose
FRIDAY, Mar. 6
Day 3
Friday, Mar. 6
11:40pm
New Jersey
New York
Colleges Suspending School (Remote teaching)
Festival / Convention Cancellations:
11:40pm
New Jersey
- Patient 1: Male, 32, Hackensack Univ Medical Center. He is a health professional who on Saturday treated 10 patients at the hospital, while wearing masks and gloves
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, Englewood Hospital and isolating at home
- Patient 3: Male, 60s, Camden County hospital
- Patient 4 - Male, 50s, Englewood Hospital
New York
- 44 Patients; 2,773 person quarantined ; Some schools suspend classes
- 2 Patients
- 306 Patients;
17 Deaths
(14-Washington, 1- California,
2-Florida)
Colleges Suspending School (Remote teaching)
- University of Washington, Seattle University, Northeastern University (Seattle campus)
Festival / Convention Cancellations:
- South by Southwest (Austin), Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle), Ultra Music Festival (Miami), McDonald’s "Worldwide Convention" (Orlando)
THURSDAY, Mar. 5
Day 2
Thur. Mar. 5
9:30pm
9:30pm
- Patient 1: Male, 32, Hackensack Univ Medical Center
- Patient 2: Female, 30s, Englewood Hospital and isolating at home
- Possibly Virus without Symptoms: New England Journal of Medicine reports some Chinese patients without symptoms had similar levels of Covid-19 in upper respiratory tract as patients with symptoms have
- Colleges: Rutgers, Kent State, University San Diego, Penn State University, Kennesaw State University, Fairfield University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia not allowing students on campus who have traveled to Covid19 world regions
- Beware Scammers: Amazon has removed 1 million products claiming Covid19 cure; Scammers selling 8oz bottles of Purell for $48 to $90
- New York City 4 patients confirmed (state total 22)
- 200 US patients confirmed; California state of emergency, 11 US deaths
Thur. Mar. 5
9:30am
9:30am
- Yesterday's Bergen County patient waiting to be confirmed by CDC: 32-year-old Fort Lee male being treated at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Kean University in Union has suspended all travel for its athletes - including its softball and baseball teams, which were slated to participate in spring break tournaments
- Newark Archdiocese
1. Exchange Sign of Peace without physical contact
2. Suspend distribution of Precious Blood from chalice
3. Reminder: Eucharistic Ministers to clean hands with alcohol sanitizer
4. Reminder: Anyone sick should remain at home - New York City 4 patients confirmed (state total 13)
- 159 US patients confirmed; California state of emergency, 11 US deaths
- List of Airlines suspending travel between China, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and United States online here
WEDNESDAY, Mar. 4
Day 1
Wed., Mar. 4
9:15pm
1 NJ patient presumed positive
NJ Dept. of Health
"The man was unaware that he had coronavirus, and may have spread the virus to others unknowingly in New Jersey"
Announcement from Gov. Phil Murphy:
“We take this situation very seriously and have been preparing for this for weeks. I urge residents to remain calm and use resources from the New Jersey Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control to prepare and prevent the spread of infection. Safeguarding the public’s health is one of my highest priorities and my Administration is prepared to respond swiftly to any additional positive cases of COVID-19 here in New Jersey.”
9:15pm
1 NJ patient presumed positive
- Tonight, the NJ Department of Health announced the first presumed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in New Jersey
- Patient is Male, Age 30, hospitalized since yesterday in Bergen County
- Patient had contact with NYC COVID-19 patient
NJ Dept. of Health
"The man was unaware that he had coronavirus, and may have spread the virus to others unknowingly in New Jersey"
- 9 persons in New York confirmed positive
- 11 deaths confirmed in US:
- 10 in Washington state
- 1 in California
Announcement from Gov. Phil Murphy:
“We take this situation very seriously and have been preparing for this for weeks. I urge residents to remain calm and use resources from the New Jersey Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control to prepare and prevent the spread of infection. Safeguarding the public’s health is one of my highest priorities and my Administration is prepared to respond swiftly to any additional positive cases of COVID-19 here in New Jersey.”