Tom Bracken, the president and CEO of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, cautioned that any requirement “would cause some serious damage to certain companies because a lot of employees do not not want to be vaccinated or they would leave, and I think that was already happening.”
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Murphy: Omicron wave shows early signs of slowing down
State health officials were expecting a mid-January peak of between 6,000 and 9,000 total patients. As of the evening of Jan. 12, the state logged 5,933 people hospitalized with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19.
Read More »Lawmakers pull vote to extend Murphy’s emergency powers (updated)
Legislators are holding off on a bill that would extend the governor's COVID-19 orders for another 45 days, after charging that he did not inform them of his plans to enact school mask mandates for the next three months.
Read More »RU requiring students, employees to get COVID booster for spring semester
The requirements from New Jersey’s largest university are the latest among pandemic-related mandates and delayed openings that the state’s higher education institutions are implementing amid a surge of the omicron variant and holiday-related positive cases.
Read More »NJ hospitals brace for January COVID-19 omicron spike
The biggest fear right now is lack of staffing, and facilities are being told to prepare for as much as 30% of their staff to be out sick with the virus at any given time, according to Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli.
Read More »NJ company barred from promoting unproven COVID treatments
Newton-based Natural Solutions Foundation, along with its trustees Ralph Fucetola and Rima Laibow, allegedly distributed a product called “nano silver,” which they claimed could treat, prevent and cure the virus, according to the DOJ.
Read More »Paterson, Hoboken require masks indoors
The orders from the Passaic and Hudson county municipalities follows similar new orders from places including Newark, South Orange and Montclair.
Read More »Alltests joins with NC partner on COVID home test distribution
The companies announced on Dec 23 that their combined resources will increase the availability of test kits to consumers.
Read More »Poll: Rising case counts, uncertainty breed pandemic frustration among Americans
A Monmouth University survey found many respondents “worn out” or “angry” with how COVID-19 has affected their lives. And support for mask rules and workplace vaccine mandates have also slipped since initially rising in September as the delta variant spread.
Read More »COVID pushed NJ unemployment system too far. Now there’s a plan to fix it
New Jersey is one of two states that will take part in a federal pilot program to upgrade its infrastructure and experience.
Read More »Murphy: 70% of state workers fully vaccinated
The governor said the numbers represented "a good start and it’s going to get better, it needs to get better.”
Read More »Lawmakers weigh more COVID-related business tax breaks
The latest proposal would provide credits for wages that certain small businesses paid to employees to keep them on board over the course of the public health emergency.
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