GOVERNOR MURPHY ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING STORE CAPACITY, REQUIRING FACE COVERING
NON-ESSENTIAL CONSTRUCTION TO CEASE BY 8PM FRIDAY
LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:
US: Cases confirmed 417,206; Recovered 22,702; Deaths 14,183
State:New positive cases 3,088; Total cases statewide 47,437; Total Deaths 1,504.
Middlesex County (from Governor’s Daily Report):New positive cases 439; Total cases countywide 4,156; Total Deaths 139.
Monroe Township:New positive cases 18; Total municipal cases 174.
Monroe cases reported on April 8, 2020: 87 - MALE, 33 – FEMALE, 76 – FEMALE, 87 – MALE, 83 – MALE, 55 – MALE, 57 – MALE, 65 – FEMALE, 63 – FEMALE, 61 – FEMALE, 51 – FEMALE, 51 – MALE, 70 – FEMALE, 25 – FEMALE, 50 – FEMALE, 47 – MALE, 74 – FEMALE, 93 - FEMALE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY ISSUED TODAY, APRIL 8:
- All essential retail must limit the number of customers allowed in stores to NO MORE than 50% of approved capacity. Employees, customers must wear face masks.The order also requires that stores create physical barriers, where possible, to separate shoppers from clerks and baggers. He said the rule is statewide and local municipal officials may not enact stricter restrictions.This Executive Order will also put greater protections in place for workers at warehouses and in manufacturing. Read the full NJ.com article here.
- All non-essential construction in New Jersey to stop by Friday at 8 p.m.Governor Murphy included exemptions for construction projects that involve hospitals, schools, affordable housing, transportation, utility work, emergency repairs and individual housing sites that can continue to operate under strict social distancing guidelines.Read the NJ.com article here.
