Coronavirus virus update: Murphy order irus in New Jersey stay home until further notice, 1,300 cases as 'non-essential business, COVID-19 cases'
In an effort to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Phil Murphy today signed an executive order directing all NJ residents to stay home until further notice and all non-essentials Directed businesses to close.
(Camden County today added another four cases of COVID-19, bringing its local total of positive cases to 19. Murphy’s announcement came as the state absorbed 442 new positive COVID-19 test results, for a total of 1,327, including 5 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total to 16.
"Except for limited exceptions, all retail businesses must close, and all businesses should allow their employees to work from home to work wherever possible," Murphy said. "The rules I have set out are all other orders imposed by county and local authorities."
(They include a Cherry Hill woman in her 50s and a Cherry Hill man in their 30s, who are both self-segregated at home; hence a Pensuken woman in her 20s. A Gloucester Township in her 70s The person was hospitalized.)
Residents are advised to remain in their homes except for a handful of activities: obtaining essential goods or services, seeking medical attention, visiting family or close friends, reporting to work, or engaging in outdoor activities.
“Quite simply: stay at home,” the governor said. “All gatherings are cancelled until further notice.
“This decision is not an easy one, and it pains me that important life moments will not be celebrated in the way we are accustomed to,” he said.
“My job is to make sure we get through this emergency so that you can safely gather with family and friends later and enjoy many more weddings and birthdays in the years to come.
The list of businesses permitted to remain open includes.
All businesses or non-profits, “wherever practicable, must accommodate their workforce for telework or work-from-home arrangements” and “should make best efforts to reduce staff on site to the minimal number necessary to ensure that essential operations can continue.”
All businesses or non-profits, “wherever practicable, must accommodate their workforce for telework or work-from-home arrangements” and “should make best efforts to reduce staff on site to the minimal number necessary to ensure that essential operations can continue.”
Recreational and entertainment businesses are still ordered closed, all restaurants must operate by delivery and takeout only. All schools from pre-K to university level must operate remotely only.
The governor asked residents with shore homes to remain at their primary residences for fear of overwhelming infrastructure in vacation communities out of season.
New Jersey State Police Colonel Pat Callahan said that all county prosecutors have designated assistant prosecutors to bring charges against people who violate the executive order.
“This is no time for anyone to be acting selfishly and taking a gathering underground,” Murphy said. “But this is a time to be thinking of your family and friends and neighbors.”
In an effort to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Phil Murphy today signed an executive order directing all NJ residents to stay home until further notice and all non-essentials Directed businesses to close.
(Camden County today added another four cases of COVID-19, bringing its local total of positive cases to 19. Murphy’s announcement came as the state absorbed 442 new positive COVID-19 test results, for a total of 1,327, including 5 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total to 16.
"Except for limited exceptions, all retail businesses must close, and all businesses should allow their employees to work from home to work wherever possible," Murphy said. "The rules I have set out are all other orders imposed by county and local authorities."
(They include a Cherry Hill woman in her 50s and a Cherry Hill man in their 30s, who are both self-segregated at home; hence a Pensuken woman in her 20s. A Gloucester Township in her 70s The person was hospitalized.)
Residents are advised to remain in their homes except for a handful of activities: obtaining essential goods or services, seeking medical attention, visiting family or close friends, reporting to work, or engaging in outdoor activities.
“Quite simply: stay at home,” the governor said. “All gatherings are cancelled until further notice.
“This decision is not an easy one, and it pains me that important life moments will not be celebrated in the way we are accustomed to,” he said.
“My job is to make sure we get through this emergency so that you can safely gather with family and friends later and enjoy many more weddings and birthdays in the years to come.
The list of businesses permitted to remain open includes.
All businesses or non-profits, “wherever practicable, must accommodate their workforce for telework or work-from-home arrangements” and “should make best efforts to reduce staff on site to the minimal number necessary to ensure that essential operations can continue.”
All businesses or non-profits, “wherever practicable, must accommodate their workforce for telework or work-from-home arrangements” and “should make best efforts to reduce staff on site to the minimal number necessary to ensure that essential operations can continue.”
Recreational and entertainment businesses are still ordered closed, all restaurants must operate by delivery and takeout only. All schools from pre-K to university level must operate remotely only.
The governor asked residents with shore homes to remain at their primary residences for fear of overwhelming infrastructure in vacation communities out of season.
New Jersey State Police Colonel Pat Callahan said that all county prosecutors have designated assistant prosecutors to bring charges against people who violate the executive order.
“This is no time for anyone to be acting selfishly and taking a gathering underground,” Murphy said. “But this is a time to be thinking of your family and friends and neighbors.”
