coronavirus in new jersey

New Jersey’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines, far below demand, will “explode” around Easter, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday, offering a promise of possible relief nearly a year since the state’s first case. Murphy spoke Wednesday during a news conference on the virus, one day shy of the one-year anniversary since the state reported its first positive case. “None...

The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Merck has been brought in to help Johnson & Johnson make its vaccine, Gaby Acevedo reports

Teachers, food workers, postal employees, clergy and several hundreds of thousands more people in New Jersey are being given access to doses of the coronavirus vaccine later this month.

New Jersey will make its first full public pension payment for the first time in a quarter century, boost school aid by 7% and offer 760,000 families a $500 tax rebate under a new $44.8 billion budget proposal Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy introduced Tuesday

Fans will be allowed to attend sports and entertainment events at the New Jersey’s largest facilities in limited numbers starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday.

New Jersey announced a series of initiatives aimed at bridging the learning gap, while addressing the mental health impacts brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s students and educators. On Friday, during Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus press briefing, Acting Commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan said that “The Road Forward” plan “consists...

Severe winter weather across the country delays COVID-19 vaccine shipments to New York and New Jersey. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Parents and guardians are being allowed back in the stands at youth and school sporting events in New Jersey as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state have been declining.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s office says he is canceling in-person public events because a member of his family has tested positive for COVID-19.

Starting Friday, more people will be allowed to dine, gamble, workout and pray indoors in New Jersey as some coronavirus restrictions are slightly relaxed.

New Jersey is opening up its expanding coronavirus vaccination program to every resident in the state 65 years of age or older.

New Jersey residents began to sign up to get their COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend, except they aren’t supposed to be able to do. Hackensack Meridian Health system, the largest hospital system in the state, on Sunday says its vaccine registration portal was opened up to anyone who had the link because it didn’t have any filter to ensure those...

Gov. Phil Murphy toured what’s being called a vaccine megasite at a former Sears store in Morris County on Friday where health officials hope to vaccinate more than 2,000 people per day in coming weeks and months. Several first responders received the vaccine Friday, including Thomas Lyons, an EMT with the Pequannock Township fire and rescue squad. “It’s been...

NJ begins vaccinations for officers and firefighters.

Mega COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening up across the Garden State. Tracie Strahan reports.

ShopRite announced that 39 of its pharmacies in New Jersey will administer COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers. (Scroll down to see the full list.) The vaccination rollout is in partnership with the state of New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As part of its partnership with…

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Limiting attendees at indoor gatherings, virtual visits with Santa, and socially distant caroling are among the recommended holiday health and safety guidelines released Monday by the New Jersey Department of Health. According to health officials, traveling should be limited, while indoor and outdoor gatherings must comply with current limits. Additionally, indoor holiday gatherings should be limited to immediate household members....

New Jersey is about to see new COVID-19 restrictions, News 4 New York learned. Meanwhile, New York City will start reopening some of its schools starting next week. Katherine Creag reports.

It’s not a stretch to say that Shirley Staciuk has experienced the coronavirus pandemic from multiple vantage points. In April, her older brother died from the virus after spending more than two weeks in and out of hospitals. As parent liaison at a school in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood, where a spiking infection rate has prompted the city to impose...