Sources: NJ.com; TapInto.net Effective Monday May 4, 2020, Jersey City will now provide free coronavirus testing for all residents whether they have symptoms or not, Mayor Steve Fulop has announced. “We believe expanding our testing is important to getting our local economy back,” Fulop said. “We will also be putting our most vulnerable communities and […]
Source: Hudson Reporter A COVID-19 patient who spent 22 days on a ventilator Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus has been discharged. Pedro Gonzalez, age 19, apparently starting feeling sick on March 14. By March 18, his primary care doctor told him to go to Hudson Regional Hospital because they had the test. He was admitted […]
Source: NJ.gov Governor Phil Murphy has announced “The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health Through Public Health,” to put New Jersey on the road to recovery. In addtion to continuing the The Stay-At-Home Executive Order in its entirety, these \key metrics will guide the process for lifting restrictions and restoring both New Jersey’s public and economic […]
Source: PressHerald.com Jack Allard, a 26-year-old standout lacrosse player from Ridgewood, has recovered from the coronavirus after being in a medically-induced coma and left a hospital last week to the thunderous applause of the staff, Gov. Phil Murphy announced yesterday. Allard’s story, from healthy former college athlete to critical COVID-19 patient, was cited by Murphy […]
Source: NorthJersey.com Just as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy moved in concert with the governors of Connecticut and New York to try to contain the outbreak, he said they have begun discussing a regional approach to reopening the states once they determine it is safe to do so. He said there were early indications that […]
Source: MyCentralJersey.com The first drive-thru saliva testing for COVID-19 has begun in Edison NJ. The test is the first granted such approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The test will available to county residents at the drive-thru testing facility at 33 Kilmer Road. Dr. Andrew Brooks, chief operating officer and director of technology […]