March 29, 2020
Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice
New Jersey is one of three states that has been issued a “Domestic Travel Advisory” in order to mitigate the further spread of coronavirus across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Saturday night. New York and Connecticut were also included in the travel notice.
New Jersey is one of three states that has been issued a “Domestic Travel Advisory” in order to mitigate the further spread of coronavirus across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Saturday night. New York and Connecticut were also included in the travel notice.
The CDC is now recommending that residents of New Jersey “refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately” in order to prevent further spreading of COVID-19. The travel notice does not apply to workers and employees of essential business who must continue reporting to their jobs during the pandemic, and that Gov. Phil Murphy will have full discretion on how to implement the guidelines across the state.
Domestic Travel Advisory: Due to extensive community transmission of #COVID19 in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, CDC urges residents to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately. Read more: https://t.co/RAaIpQn6cj pic.twitter.com/a0eIYGzOa1
— CDC (@CDCgov) March 29, 2020
CDC’s Domestic Travel Advisory for residents of NY, NJ, & CT does not apply to employees of critical infrastructure industries, incl. but not limited to trucking, public health professionals, financial services, & food supply. https://t.co/RAaIpQn6cj
— CDC (@CDCgov) March 29, 2020
The Governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will have full discretion to implement CDC's Domestic Travel Advisory. Read full statement: https://t.co/R7isZ5IMD0
— CDC (@CDCgov) March 29, 2020
“Throughout the day, I’ve been in constant communication with the White House, including discussions with the President and Vice President, who briefed me on tonight's CDC travel advisory affecting the tri-state region,” Murphy said in a statement on Saturday night. “To be clear, this non-binding advisory guidance does not change the rules that have been established and in place for over a week now under Executive Order 107. If you have been working as part of our frontline response effort, from health care workers to supermarket workers, we still need you on the job. I encourage all New Jerseyans to continue practicing aggressive social distancing and take personal responsibility to help us get through this public health emergency.“
Throughout the day, I’ve been in constant communication with the @WhiteHouse, including discussions with @realDonaldTrump and @VP, who briefed me on tonight’s @CDCgov travel advisory affecting the tri-state region.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 29, 2020
To be clear, this non-binding advisory guidance does not change the rules that have been established and in place for over a week now under Executive Order 107.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 29, 2020
If you have been working as part of our frontline response effort, from health care workers to supermarket workers, we still need you on the job.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 29, 2020
I encourage all New Jerseyans to continue practicing aggressive social distancing and take personal responsibility to help us get through this public health emergency.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 29, 2020
Last week, Murphy mandated all residents to "stay at home" and banned public and private gatherings of all sizes across the state on Saturday, as well as ordered all non-essential businesses to close until further notice.
Essential businesses in New Jersey are grocery stores, food banks, pharmacies, medical marijuana dispensaries, gas stations, automobile repair shops, convenience stores, banks and financial institutions, hardware repair stores, laundromats, printing stores, pet stores, stores with children's supplies, mail and delivery stores, and liquor stores. Restaurant and bars may only remain open for food takeout and delivery.
The @CDCgov’s travel advisory does NOT change the rules that we’ve been living under for the past week.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 29, 2020
The stay-at-home order is still in effect, and social distancing is key.
For New Jerseyans, our lives shouldn’t change. If you don’t have to be out, we need you to STAY IN. pic.twitter.com/7f0cXAuF7N
The decision to implement a domestic travel advisory comes after President Donald Trump said on Saturday afternoon that he was originally considering a 14-day quarantine for the three states. But after consulting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the governors of all three states, Trump decided that it would “not be necessary” and requested that the CDC instead issue a “strong travel advisory.”
On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the @CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020
....Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020
New Jersey now has 11,124 positive cases of coronavirus, second only to New York in the entire country, and 140 deaths as a result of COVID-19 as of Saturday afternoon. Of that, 327 confirmed cases have popped up thus far in South Jersey.
Camden County has 123 cases, Burlington County has 115 cases, Gloucester County has 51 cases, Atlantic County has 17 cases, Cumberland County has 11 cases, Cape May County has seven cases, and Salem County has three cases.
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