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COVID-19: NJ Long-Term Care Residents Who Go Home For Holidays Might Not Get Right Back In COVID-19: NJ Long-Term Care Residents Who Go Home For Holidays Might Not Get Right Back In
Covid-19: NJ Long-Term Care Residents Who Go Home For Holidays Might Not Get Right Back In New Jersey's health commissioner urged families not to take residents out of long-term care facilities for the holidays -- and warned that they might not get right back in if they do – as the number of COVID-19 cases statewide continue to spike. Guidelines issued by Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli include a mandatory 14-day quarantine for any long-term care resident, either in their own room or in an observation room, once they return to the facility after a family visit. For that reason, Persichilli urged the facilities to create a “reservation list,” as well as a waiting list, bas…
COVID-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar COVID-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar
Covid-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar New Jersey officials on Monday alerted the public to a COVID-19 outbreak at a popular Jersey Shore bar. Anyone who visited Leggett's in Manasquan between Oct. 17 and Oct. 22 may have been exposed to the virus, State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said during Monday's briefing in Trenton. At least nine servers and bartenders at the 1st Avenue bar tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials were sent to Leggett's on Oct. 23, and management was cooperative, she said. “This is just one example,” Persichilli said. “We really don’t put [alerts] out every day because they have to be…