Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everyone. I am honored to be joined by the woman on my right, my partner in government, the Lieutenant Governor, great to have you back with us. To her right, the commissioner of health. Great to have you here with us. Also on my far left, great to have the superintendent of state police. With us today, another special guest, immediately to my left, the congressman, who will be able to give us a federal perspective. If that were not enough, in row isabout 10 feet to my right medical director in the department of health, it is great to have you with us, as well. Lets start as we have been doing, we have someone from the department of homeland security. Lets start as we usually do with updated numbers and charts. Because we are going a little bit earlier today, these numbers are of last night. Dont read a lot into the sunday or monday numbers on their own. We have weekend uneasiness. Have a is not enough, we little bit of a delay in getting these today because
He also spoke about the need to continue the states mitigation guidelines, the need for more medical professionals, and stressed the difference between the flu and covid19. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. We with me today is the commissioner of the department of health. A guy right, the guidance who is getting into that same category of not needing introduction, Communicable Disease Service Medical director, dr. Ed lifshitz. It is good to have you with us. To my left, a guy who needs no introduction, the superintendent of the state police, col. Callahan. We have the director of the department of homeland security, and the deputy counsel here to help us answer your questions. We are going to do the daily numbers a little bit differently today and see what you think, if this is helpful, we think it might be. If so, we carry it forward. Typically, we give the raw data of the overnight numbers all of which are reported on our data dashboard covid19. Nj. Gov. We will continue to do this. We wil
An executive order that would allow low risk prisoners to apply for early parole or be placed in home confinement. This is just under 90 minutes. Gov. Murphy good morning, thank you for coming in early. We will be a little bit snappier in terms of pace because we have folks who will be observing good friday beginning at noon. Im going to be joined by the woman up my right, the commissioner of the department of health, judy person kelly. To my left is the Communicable Disease service officer. To my far left, state Police Superintendent colonel pat callahans. Pat callahan. And then the department of Corrections Commission will commissioner, marcus hicks. We are going earlier, so while we have the overnight numbers, i am not sure judy will tell us how deeply we can dig in. We have at least the top line and we will go from there. Let me get into that immediately. Since yesterday, we have been notified that we have 3621 more residents who have received positive test results, so that puts ou
Murphy gave an update on his states response to the coronavirus, saying the death toll and the number of cases continue to rise. He talks about the backlog in testing and criminal charges for violating social distancing rules. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. Table byd at the head the woman to my right who needs no introduction, the commissioner of the department of health, Judith Persichilli. To her right, the state epidemiologist. Honored to have you both with us. Farleft, the state Police Superintendent patrick callahan, as usual. The director of Homeland Security protected nest. Also joining us today is the department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. Ive asked her to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when ther
Security preparedness is what this also joining us today is. The department of children and families commissioner. Great to have you. Thanks for being here. I have asked christine to provide an update on the order for of childcare facilities to provide services only to the kids of our frontline responders and essential workers and i should note and i know she will note this, april is also National Child abuse awareness month. In times like these, when there is tremendous uncertainty and stress and anxiety, children can be at risk of abuse. It is a horrible reality, but it exists. The department of children and families has a host of Resources Available to survivors of abuse. I hope christine can provide the guidance for anyone who needs help and does not know where to turn. As ive done in the past week or so, i will turn early to the we are reporting another 3489 positive test results, bringing our statewide total to 23,590. Again, that is 3489 positive test results, bringing our state