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3 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN MONROE TOWNSHIP

EGG-STEALING SUSPECT SIGHTED…PAGE 2

LATEST STATE/COUNTY UPDATES:  

US: Cases confirmed 351,890; Recovered 18,940; Deaths 10,377

State: New positive cases 3,663; Total cases statewide 41,090; Total Deaths 1,003. 

Middlesex County: New positive cases 313; Total cases countywide 3,263; Total Deaths 87.  

Monroe Township: New positive cases 3; Total municipal cases 136.  

Monroe cases reported on April 6, 2020: 30 - MALE, 56 - FEMALE AND 63 – FEMALE

DO YOU NEED TO BE TESTED?  COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TESTING TOMORROW, APRIL 7 at MyInstaDoc, 298 Applegarth Road:  The facility will serve pre-registered patients only from 9am – 1pm and drive-up patients from 1pm – 3:30pm.  Testing will continue on Thursday, April 9.  Pre-register at www.myinstadocmonroe.com or call 609-207-3220 to speak with a medical professional. 

NJ EXPO CENTER HOSPITAL: New Jersey National Guard Soldiers & Airmen setting up a 500 bed FEMA Medical station at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, N.J. today. It is expected to open later this week.  (Photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)

SURVIVORS OF COVID-19: N.J. HOSPITAL WANTS TO TEST YOUR BLOOD FOR POTENTIAL LIFE-SAVING THERAPY: The plasma of COVID-19 patients could be a life-saving treatment for others. Hackensack University Medical Center has received approval from the federal government to begin recruiting recovered and recovering coronavirus patients to test for antibodies in their plasma, the liquid component in blood. Read more about it here:

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/survivors-of-covid-19-nj-hospital-wants-to-test-your-blood-for-potential-life-saving-therapy.html

MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY:  We cannot give in to fear or sadness.  We must resolve to continue our fight together. To crack the back of this crisis so we have fewer and fewer lives lost and friends to mourn.  Stay home and keep social distancing when in public. This isn’t over – not by a long shot. If we relax our social distancing, our health care system will be overrun with a surge FOUR TIMES what it could be. We’re already doing all we can to uncover every piece of PPE along with every ventilator we can possibly mobilize.  If you stop your social distancing, your life and the lives of our medical personnel will be in much more danger. The projected infection chart revealed by Murphy showed an 86,000-case peak as a best-case scenario with social distancing, or a 509,000 case peak as a worst case.  See NJ.com article here.  NJ access to some of the beds on USNS Comfort docked in NY Harbor.

PHARMACY DELIVERIES: Please local pharmacies offering deliveries here:   https://monroetwp.com/index.php/news/649-nj-pharmacies-offering-home-delivery-3-27-20

NJ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MESSAGE: NJDOL released a new, comprehensive FAQ page to help New Jerseyans struggling with unemployment.  Learn more: www.myunemployment.nj.gov

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS:  Food donations are no longer being accepted.  Thank you to all for your generous contributions!  Monetary donations are greatly appreciated and may be sent payable to the “Friends of the Senior Center,” 12 Halsey-Reed Road, Monroe Township, NJ 08831.  Please indicate Food Pantry in the memo section of your check.  All contributors will receive a thank you letter from the Friends of the Senior Center along with a 501c3 receipt.

EGGNAPPING SUSPECT SIGHTED NEAR SPOSTWOOD-ENGLISHTOWN ROAD

The Monroe Township Police Department has received numerous tips regarding the whereabouts of a white, fluffy culprit with long droopy ears hopping through Monroe Township stealing eggs and spreading joy. 

The suspect is on the loose and was last spotted near Spotswood-Englishtown Road.  If you see him, take a picture but be quick because he’s fast.  Send photos to [email protected].