Murphy extends N.J.’s coronavirus public health emergency - NJ.com

Nov 23, 2020

Phil Murphy extended New Jersey’s public health emergency declaration Sunday as new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to spike.

It is the ninth time he has extended the March 9 public health emergency, which gives him the power to combat COVID-19′s spread through executive actions.

“The state has experienced significant upticks in the rate of reported new cases across all counties, demonstrating the need for many of the state’s current measures to remain in place, both to reduce additional new infections and to save lives,” Murphy said in the executive order keeping the emergency in place.

Renewing the public health order, he said, will “ensure the state can swiftly respond to take all appropriate actions should the rate of reported new cases of COVID-19 in New Jersey, number of individuals being admitted to hospitals for COVID-19, or rate of reproduction for COVID-19 infections in New Jersey continue to increase.”.

He last extended the public health emergency for 30 days on Oct.

He initially declared a public health emergency March 9, five days after the coronavirus was first detected in the Garden State, and extended it in April, May, June, July, twice in August, and in September and October.