Our health care system has been stretched to the limit by variant after variant.
Transcript of Governor Murphy’s video message:įor the past two years our lives have been upended by this global pandemic. We need to give people hope that life is returning to normal, not returning to one man’s rule by executive order.” Bucco (R-25th Dist.) said it “both circumvents legislative oversight and breaks his deal with his own party’s leadership. State lawmakers–including the Democratic majority- denied Murphy’s request for a three-month extension of his emergency authority and orders.Ĭalling Murphy’s new declaration “a giant leap backward,” state Sen. His school mask mandate had been set to expire on Tuesday. These emergency powers expire in 30 days, unless Murphy deems it necessary to renew them. That would be comparable to the spring 2020 surge that forced hospitals to turn away people with other maladies.Īccording to the health department, the emergency declaration will allow the state “to continue vaccine distribution, vaccination or testing requirements in certain settings, the collection of COVID-19 data,” staffing and resource allocation, and implementation of recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In coming weeks, New Jersey’s 71 hospitals could have 8,000 COVID patients, according to state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli. The governor has called the situation an “Omicron tsunami.” He described Tuesday’s move as a commonsense safety measure against a pandemic that “remains a significant threat” to the Garden State. It means keeping our schools, businesses, and communities open,” he said. “What it does mean is that we can continue moving forward with our coordinated and responsible approach to putting Omicron and COVID behind us.
Phil Murphy reinstates public health emergency, Jan.
In fact, in your day-to-day life, this step won’t have any new impact at all,” Murphy said. “It does not mean going backward from any of the progress we’ve made together over the past 22 months. While it will enable continued mask mandates in schools and other measures to combat the spread of the Omicron strain, Murphy said he does not contemplate a return to lockdowns or restrictions on gatherings. Phil Murphy on Tuesday reinstated a public health emergency. With New Jersey COVID-19 hospitalizations this week topping 6,000 casesfor the first time since April 2020, Gov.
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