TRENTON, New Jersey (WABC) Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday that New Jersey expects to have all schools open for full-time in person learning by the start of the 2021-2022 academic year.
The state has now distributed more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccines, with 1.1 million people fully vaccinated, and Murphy said the focus on vaccinating teachers will only increase safety at schools that are already showing low transmission rates.
He said there have only been 800 cases linked to in-person learning since August 1, out of 565,000 confirmed cases statewide. He also said the biggest shift back to in-person learning has been in the last week, and more than half of all schools are at least on a hybrid system.
NEW JERSEY (WABC) We now know how New Jersey will benefit from the $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden Thursday.
More than $10.2 billion is heading to New Jersey to help the state comeback financially after a year of battling the coronavirus.
Gov. Phil Murphy was joined by Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker in Elizabeth Friday morning to discuss how billions in federal funding are being allocated to the state.
The $6 billion we will be receiving from the American Rescue Plan means:
Shots in arms
Emergency rental relief
Support for our frontline workers
NEW JERSEY (WABC) A group dubbed the Emerson Angels are using their free time to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for teachers in their local New Jersey school district.
Booking appointments has been difficult for many people who are eligible for myriad reasons from low supply to a lack of access to a computer.
The Emerson Angels started after Jennifer Volsin helped her grandmother, Ruth, land a slot and she figured others were struggling. I put a post on Facebook and I offered I could help and the requests came through and still are, never ended, Volsin said.
Kate Stutzelsaw that post and thought of all 190 employees in the Emerson school district who are eligible, her children are in elementary school.
Restaurants and other businesses in New Jersey will increase to 50% indoor capacity on March 19, while East Orange became one of the first municipalities in New Jersey to launch a mobile health clinic to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Restaurants and other businesses in New Jersey will increase to 50% indoor capacity on March 19.
Meanwhile, of 812 public-school districts, charter schools, renaissance schools, and schools for students with disabilities, 110 have opened for all-person instruction, 541 for hybrid instruction, 36 using a mix of options across buildings and 125 all-remote. Getting all of our students back in their familiar school surroundings is among our top priorities, the governor said. It s one reason why we re working with our educators to get them vaccinated, so they can move confidently in returning to their classrooms.