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18 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN MONROE TOWNSHIP

GOVERNOR MURPHY ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING STORE CAPACITY, REQUIRING FACE COVERING

NON-ESSENTIAL CONSTRUCTION TO CEASE BY 8PM FRIDAY

LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:  

US: Cases confirmed 417,206; Recovered 22,702; Deaths 14,183

State: New positive cases 3,088; Total cases statewide 47,437; Total Deaths 1,504. 

Middlesex County (from Governor’s Daily Report): New positive cases 439; Total cases countywide 4,156; Total Deaths 139.  

Monroe Township: New positive cases 18; Total municipal cases 174.  

Monroe cases reported on April 8, 2020: 87 - MALE, 33 – FEMALE, 76 – FEMALE, 87 – MALE, 83 – MALE, 55 – MALE, 57 – MALE, 65 – FEMALE, 63 – FEMALE, 61 – FEMALE, 51 – FEMALE, 51 – MALE, 70 – FEMALE, 25 – FEMALE, 50 – FEMALE, 47 – MALE, 74 – FEMALE, 93 - FEMALE 

EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY ISSUED TODAY, APRIL 8:    

1. All essential retail must limit the number of customers allowed in stores to NO MORE than 50% of approved capacity. Employees, customers must wear face masks.  The order also requires that stores create physical barriers, where possible, to separate shoppers from clerks and baggers. He said the rule is statewide and local municipal officials may not enact stricter restrictions.  This Executive Order will also put greater protections in place for workers at warehouses and in manufacturing. Read the full NJ.com article here.

2. All non-essential construction in New Jersey to stop by Friday at 8 p.m.  Governor Murphy included exemptions for construction projects that involve hospitals, schools, affordable housing, transportation, utility work, emergency repairs and individual housing sites that can continue to operate under strict social distancing guidelines.  Read the NJ.com article here.  

STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS:  The Department of Health has an immediate need for people with experience as Chief Nursing Officer or Chief Medical Officer to help lead medical stations.  Physicians and respiratory specialists as well as other medical volunteers also are urgently needed, visit https://covid19.nj.gov/volunteer.

DO YOU NEED TO BE TESTED?  COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TOMORROW (THURSDAY), APRIL 9 at MyInstaDoc, 298 Applegarth Road:  The facility will serve pre-registered patients only from 9am – 1pm and drive-up patients from 1pm – 3:30pm.  Testing will continue on Saturday, April 11.  Pre-register at www.myinstadocmonroe.com or call 609-207-3220 to speak with a medical professional. 

MIDDLESEX COUNTY OPENING SECOND COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10:  South Brunswick Site Open to Middlesex County residents by appointment.  The site opens April 10 at New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Inspection Station, 2236 Route 130 North, Dayton. The test site will be open from 10 am to 2 pm on Friday, April 10, Monday, April 13 and Wednesday, April 15.  Appointments will only be made beginning 10 am the day prior to a testing day.  Appointment booking for the Monday, April 13 testing day will take place on Saturday, April 11 at 10 am due to the Easter holiday.  Visit www.Middlesexcountynj.gov/COVID19testing to register and receive a time to report to the testing site.  

PASSOVER MESSAGE FROM MAYOR TAMBURRO

I would like to take a moment to wish a Happy Passover to all celebrating in Monroe and the surrounding communities.  As you prepare your Passover Seder and virtually gather with family and friends, I hope that you feel the warmth of the community that surrounds you – especially if you find yourself alone at this time.

Thank you for staying home.  While we may all be apart from family and friends now, we will all be together again soon.  Thank you to all our residents for following the social distancing guidelines.

Wishing you all good health and a blessed holiday! 

– Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro