Sean Moran 19 May 2020
New Jersey Democrats remain silent on Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) decision to put coronavirus patients in nursing homes.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Murphy instituted a controversial order to require that New Jersey nursing homes take coronavirus patients.
New Jersey Star-Ledger columnist Paul Munshine said that, as of last week, the coronavirus death toll for long-term-care facilities, or nursing homes, was 5,459. “That’s about 53 percent of the states’ total Covid-19 fatalities,†Munshine emphasized.
According to recent Kaiser Family Foundation data, New Jersey has the second-highest rate of coronavirus-related deaths in the nation.
The rising problem of coronavirus deaths prompted New Jersey state Senate Republicans to call for an investigation into the coronavirus outbreak at New Jersey nursing homes.
Munshine asked Murphy if the state had required full screening for nursing home staff members, to which the governor said that it would be required by May 26.
He wrote, “May 26? The first big CV-19 outbreak in America was way back in mid-February, at a nursing home in Washington State.â€
New Jersey Republicans pinned the nursing home death toll solely on Murphy.
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