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COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say
Covid-19: 6 Rwjbarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say Half a dozen workers at RWJBarnabas Health, one of the Garden State’s largest healthcare systems, have lost their jobs due to their unvaccinated status, several news outlets report. RWJBarnabas Health, which employs upwards of 35,000 people and has 9,000 doctor affiliations, ended the employment of six workers — all supervisor levels or above — after they did not follow the company’s requirement to get vaccinated by June 30, according to a report by NJ.com. “Regrettably, six staff at the supervisor level and above have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees,” the company …

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by Valerie Musson
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NY, NJ, CT Among Country’s Worst Health Infrastructures For Coronavirus, Survey Says NY, NJ, CT Among Country’s Worst Health Infrastructures For Coronavirus, Survey Says
NY, NJ, CT Among Country’s Worst Health Infrastructures For Coronavirus, Survey Says New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were among the least prepared states in the U.S. for the coronavirus pandemic, a recent survey found. Although a good part of the county was caught unprepared for COVID-19's magnitude – running out of both hospital space and supplies for doctors and nurses – some states’ healthcare systems “were better equipped to deal with the onslaught of the virus than others,” a Wallethub study found. Connecticut ranked No. 50 – the worst -- in overall public health preparedness for the pandemic. New York finished 50th in lowest total public health emergency prepare…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Closer To Reopening? Murphy Says He'll Share Necessary Benchmarks This Week NJ Closer To Reopening? Murphy Says He'll Share Necessary Benchmarks This Week
NJ Closer To Reopening? Murphy Says He'll Share Necessary Benchmarks This Week The downward trend in new hospitalizations is one of the most positive indicators that what New Jersey has been doing has been working, Gov. Phil Murphy said during Monday's coronavirus briefing. He made himself clear, though: "We are not by any means claiming victory, but we are making progress." Murphy said that in the coming days, he plans on announcing benchmarks necessary and principals to follow for the state's reopening (hint: More PPE, more testing, direct partnership with the U.S. government). "Do not think for one minute we’ll be able to flip a switch and return to life as we kne…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SURGE BEGINS: New Jersey Coronavirus Cases Hit 22,255, Seven Hospitals At Capacity SURGE BEGINS: New Jersey Coronavirus Cases Hit 22,255, Seven Hospitals At Capacity
Surge Begins: New Jersey Coronavirus Cases Hit 22,255, Seven Hospitals At Capacity Another 91 deaths coronavirus deaths and more than 3,600 new cases were reported Wednesday in New Jersey, raising the statewide total to 22,255 with 355 fatalities. Another 350 ventilators were being released to New Jersey in addition to the 300 acquired Tuesday morning, Gov. Phil Murphy said at his daily briefing Wednesday afternoon. That gives the state 850 additional ventilators, although the governor said more are needed. He promised to keep pressing for the nearly 2,000 that he previously cited as necessary. North Jersey is already seeing an increasing demand on the healthca…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178 COVID-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178
Covid-19: 5-Year-Old Among 80 New NJ Cases, Total Rises To 178 A 5-year-old was among New Jersey's 178 presumed positive cases of coronavirus, with 80 new ones as of Monday, state health officials said. Bergen County had by far the most, most in Teaneck where residents over the weekend were urged to self-quarantine. Officials did not say where the pediatric patient was from. An executive order mandated the shutdown of "worldly business" in Bergen County beginning 11 p.m. Tuesday. The news came just as Gov. Phil Murphy ordered all schools closed, and encouraged all NJ residents not to travel between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. The news was delivered as a r…

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by Valerie Musson
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Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says
Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester Covid-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says The family and a neighbor of the 50-year-old New Rochelle lawyer who tested positive for coronavirus have become the four latest subjects to test positive for COVID-19. At a press briefing on Wednesday, March 4 to offer an update of coronavirus in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the man’s 20-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter, wife and a neighbor who drove the man to NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville all tested positive. There are now six confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State. Though that number is expected to climb, the governor cautioned. Ea…

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by Zak Failla