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Persichilli signals she’ll stay on if Murphy wins second term

July 7, 2021 3:54 pm

Commissioner of Health Judy Persichilli signaled she would keep to her role if Gov. Phil Murphy wins a second term but stopped short of saying so outright Wednesday. “That’s up to him more than me, so we’ll just take it...

Murphy says N.J. met 4.7 million vaccination goal two weeks early

June 18, 2021 12:39 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that 4,748,031 New Jerseyans have been fulling vaccinated, something he says puts the state nearly two weeks ahead of the 4.7 million goal he set six months ago. “That was not only an extremely aggressive...

Administration to lift closure orders for adult day programs, Persichilli says

June 14, 2021 3:43 pmJune 14, 2021 11:39 pm

Day programs administered by the Department of Health will soon be allowed to open, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced Monday. “With the numbers of residents vaccinated increasing, hospitalizations on the decline and decreasing COVID-19 in the state, the department is...

Ciattarelli, GOP senators slam Persichilli on lack of transparency

May 11, 2021 3:11 pm

With support from GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, New Jersey Senate Republicans today refuted claims by Commissioner of Health Judy Persichilli that the state has been transparent about the response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Commissioner Persichilli cannot claim to have...

State officials will weigh vaccine exception for disabled adult day programs, Murphy says

April 5, 2021 3:51 pmApril 5, 2021 3:54 pm

The Department of Health will weigh whether to create exceptions for vaccinated individuals that could allow adult residents with developmental disability to rejoin day programs that must remain shuttered in areas of the state with high levels of COVID-19 activity,...

Unclear how Baltimore mix-up affects New Jersey’s supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Murphy says

April 1, 2021 2:41 pm

The effects of a Baltimore factory mix-up on New Jersey’s supply of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine are “to be determined,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. “It doesn’t help it though,” the governor said during a press gaggle following...

Corrado: Prioritize vaccines for homebound residents

March 29, 2021 2:23 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa) called on Gov. Phil Murphy to provide vaccines to homebound residents and those with developmental disabilities Monday. “Homebound seniors and developmentally disabled residents feel abandoned,” she said. “They wonder when, if ever, they will have...