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Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday announced he was extending New Jersey’s public health emergency over the coronavirus pandemic for the eleventh time as the state continued to process thousands of new cases reported daily.
Murphy signed an executive order extending the declaration for an additional 30 days, until the end of January. The order expires after 30 days if it is not extended.
“Given where we are now, we need to stay on the right foot,” Murphy said during his last COVID briefing in Trenton.
Murphy on Tuesday announced 3,761 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 54 additional confirmed deaths.
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The order gives Murphy the power to continue to take executive action to combat the spread of COVID-19. It does not reverse any of the governor’s actions to reopen the state or institute new restrictions, but it maintains the current state restrictions in place.
Murphy declared a state of emergency and a public health emergency on March 9 as COVID-19 began to spread in Garden State. The state of emergency – which is indefinite – gives state authorities certain executive powers and allows the state to receive federal assistance. The public health emergency allows the governor to take even broader action to protect New Jersey under the Emergency Health Powers Act.
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