The surge of omicron cases in N.J. may continue throughout January with peak hospitalizations occurring in early February, officials said.
The governor has said the “omicron tsunami” has been “washing across the state” as tens of thousands of new cases are reported daily and hospitalizations are reaching heights not seen since the initial wave.
Reinstating a health emergency will allow Murphy to keep current measures in place — including mandates for teachers and health-care workers to be vaccinated or face regular testing, and a requirement that hospitals regularly report information to the state. It also ensures other things put in place to try and fight back the pandemic can continue as they have despite receiving less public attention, like allowing pharmacists to administer coronavirus vaccines, eliminating the need to require a prescription to receive a COVID-19 test in certain scenarios, and managing staffing and resource distribution.
But Murphy insisted this not bring any new restrictions, mandates, passports, lockdowns, or gathering limits. “It does not mean going backward from any of the progress we’ve made together over the past 22 months,” he said inBut Murphy said the virus “remains a significant threat to our state,” and “we must commit every resource available to beating back the wave caused by the omicron variant.”
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