“This executive order ensures that our COVID-19 vaccination requirements for covered workers in medical and high-risk congregate settings are able to properly keep themselves and those whom they care for safe,” the governor said in a statement accompanying the order.
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Hilton Short Hills to reopen after pandemic shutdown
The hotel has implemented new cleaning and disinfection processes for guests’ comfort.
Read More »Newark extends mask mandate amid COVID ‘stealth variant’
On Feb. 17, Mayor Ras Baraka said that declines in both delta and omicron justified loosening some restrictions, but nonetheless “we are not at the end of the pandemic.”
Read More »Murphy extends public health emergency as omicron wanes
The move marks the 17th continuation since the first declaration in March 2020. However, the governor said not to expect restrictions like those seen at the pandemic's onset: “Have fun," he said. "No reason to ban anything.”
Read More »NJ will stop recouping some overpaid COVID jobless benefits
As many as 250,000 Garden State residents could be affected by new guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor that advises how states can avoid the claw backs.
Read More »Murphy to extend public health emergency for 1 more month
The extension will allow the K-12 school mask mandate to stay in place until March 7, with the goal of lifting the orders at that time.
Read More »Newark extends COVID vaccine mandate to mid-February
Mayor Ras Baraka said his executive order requiring patrons of restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters and the like to show proof of vaccination for admittance will last until mid-February.
Read More »Bipartisan legislation calls for national PPE supply chain database
“It was completely shocking to discover at the beginning of the pandemic — when New Jersey was hit so hard and our hospitals were in desperate need of masks and ventilators — that we had no way of knowing the quantity, location, or production of these supplies,” the bill’s main sponsor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, said in a prepared statement.
Read More »NJ’s COVID-recession rebound trailed neighboring states in 2021 (updated)
Despite leading the national average, New Jersey’s recovery was complicated by the omicron variant that hit the nation in December, slowing job growth that month.
Read More »Alignable: 64% of NJ small businesses experience revenue loss due to omicron
According to a new report from Alignable, companies in the Garden State say they've made less gains amid the variant than business owners in any other state.
Read More »NJ jobs recovery lags during holiday season
The Garden State's unemployment rate dipped to 6.3% in December, lagging behind the national average of 3.9%.
Read More »Murphy boosts health care worker vax requirements, nixes test-out option (updated)
“The omicron tsunami has washed across our state,” the governor said Tuesday during the first public appearance of his second term. “We are no longer going to look past those who continue to put their colleagues … and those who are their responsibility in danger of COVID. That has to stop.”
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