Light Drizzle Fog/Mist 47°
Tag:

Health & Safety

News
Newark NJ Transit Worker Working Remotely After COVID-19 Exposure Newark NJ Transit Worker Working Remotely After COVID-19 Exposure
Newark NJ Transit Worker Working Remotely After Covid-19 Exposure A Newark NJ transit worker has been asked to work remotely after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. The employee did not come into work after having contact with the presumed positive patient, NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said. The employee works in the Capital Programs department and contacted Medical Services last weekend when they realized that someone they had contact with was later tested positive for the virus, officials said. Cleaning and sanitation crews were dispatched to perform an “enhanced cleaning regimen” throughout headqua…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
FOUND! Missing Passaic Hospital Patient, 67, Found Sleeping On Porch FOUND! Missing Passaic Hospital Patient, 67, Found Sleeping On Porch
Found! Missing Passaic Hospital Patient, 67, Found Sleeping On Porch A 67-year-old Passaic woman who walked out of a hospital overnight Thursday wearing only a light gown and yellow socks was found and returned before lunchtime, authorities said. A resident who found Yolanda Roa sleeping on a porch a few blocks from St. Mary's Hospital dialed 911 and a responding officer identified her, Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman said. "She's in good health, being returned to the hospital," Guzman told Daily Voice shortly before 11 a.m. Surveillance footage showed Roa walking out of the hospital more than eight hours earlier. Police issued a screen shot from the vide…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco