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COVID-19

Collected by: New Brunswick Free Public Library

Archived since: Apr, 2020

Description:

This collection focuses on how the COVID-19 virus effected New Brunswick starting in March 2020.

Subject:   National Health Emergency COVID-19 Pandemic

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Title: New Brunswick Parks Still Open, Although State, County Now Shuttered

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/articles/new-brunswick-parks-still-open-although-state-county-now-shuttered-8/

Description: New Brunswick parks remain open even though state and county parks have been closed.

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Subject:   COVID Parks Public Health

Title: New Brunswick Passes Grim COVID-19 Milestone as Cases Hit All-Time High in State.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/articles/new-brunswick-passes-grim-covid-19-milestone-as-cases-hit-all-time-high-in-state?fbclid=IwAR1AxkZt1eOLcsMgl4tTEL4oF_epNg6C9kCh05cNUKXE7yqVpLDuYyUXSz4

Description: The city passed a grim milestone on Sunday, eclipsing 3,000 positive COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in March.

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Subject:   New Brunswick, New Jersey COVID-19 Health

Title: Rutgers Awarded $29M in Federal Coronavirus Aid

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/articles/rutgers-awarded-29m-in-federal-coronavirus-aid/

Description: Rutgers is in line to get the lion’s share of the $150 million or so in federal aid earmarked for the state’s public and private colleges and universities – most of whom have suffered deep financial impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Rutgers COVID Health

Title: It's the End of an Era as Onyx Closes Its Doors in New Brunswick.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/business-and-finance/articles/it-s-the-end-of-an-era-as-onyx-closes-its-doors-in-new-brunswick/

Description: The oldest Black owned business, Onyx Hair Design Studio, shuts down after over 30 years.

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Subject:   Businesses COVID-19

Title: New Brunswick Bars and Restaurants Open for Business, With Many Job Openings.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/business-and-finance/articles/new-brunswick-bars-and-restaurants-open-for-business-with-many-job-openings/

Description: Restaurants and bars in New Brunswick have a staffing shortage.

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Subject:   Covid-19 Restaurants

Title: Outdoor Seating Draws Diners to New Brunswick Restaurants

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/business-and-finance/articles/outdoor-seating-draws-diners-to-new-brunswick-restaurants/

Description: Restaurants see a surge in business as outdoor dining begins.

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Subject:   COVID Restaurants Outdoor Dining

Title: COVID-19 Forcing Developers in New Brunswick, Elsewhere to Rethink Collaborative Spaces

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/development/articles/covid-19-forcing-developers-in-new-brunswick-elsewhere-to-rethink-collaborative-spaces/

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the future of collaborative spaces, such as the massive one planned for downtown New Brunswick.

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Subject:   DEVCO Construction COVID Social Distancing

Title: Greater Brunswick Charter School Hosts Vaccination Clinic as Back-to-School Preparations Continue.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/education/articles/greater-brunswick-charter-school-hosts-vaccination-clinic-as-back-to-school-preparations-continue/

Description: The Greater Brunswick Charter School hosted a vaccination clinic on Thursday night, offering doses of the Pfizer vaccine to children 12 and older – and a chance for students such as Julian to return to in-person instruction when classes begin Sept. 1.

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Subject:   Public Schools Education COVID Vaccines children

Title: New Brunswick Schools Will Ask Staff to Take COVID Tests after Winter Break.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/education/articles/new-brunswick-schools-will-ask-staff-to-take-covid-tests-after-winter-break/

Description: With the rapidly spreading omicron variant accounting for more than 90% of new COVID-19 cases in New Jersey, the superintendent of New Brunswick schools said staff members will be asked to take a COVID test when they return from the winter break.

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Subject:   COVID New Brunswick Public Schools Testing Holidays Omicron variant

Title: Plan to Re-Open New Brunswick Schools' Doors Postponed to April.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/education/articles/plan-to-re-open-new-brunswick-schools-doors-postponed-to-april/

Description: The opening of city schools for in-person instruction has been postponed until April.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Education Remote Learning

Title: Temperature-Taking Kiosks Will Be Up And Running at All New Brunswick Schools Within Days.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/education/articles/temperature-taking-kiosks-will-be-up-and-running-at-all-new-brunswick-schools-within-days/

Description: Automated temperature-taking kiosks that will scan each visitor for a fever will likely be up and running at the district’s 13 schools and its central office by the start of next week.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Health Education New Brunswick Public Schools

Title: New Brunswick Ready for Return of New Year's Eve Fireworks.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/food-and-drink/articles/new-brunswick-ready-for-return-of-new-year-s-eve-fireworks/

Description: A history of the creation of the New Year's Eve Firework event and the organizers and sponsors who keep it going.

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Subject:   COVID New Years Eve Celebrations Public Health Restaurants

Title: New Brunswick Groups Opening Their Doors and Hearts For Thanksgiving.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/giving-back/articles/new-brunswick-groups-opening-their-doors-and-hearts-for-thanksgiving/

Description: Several organizations and groups across the city are opening their doors and their hearts in an effort to give everyone a hot meal this Thanksgiving Day.

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Subject:   Thanksgiving COVID-19 Social Services Poverty Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services Financial Hardship

Title: $25M Grant Program Good News For Municipalities Such as New Brunswick

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/government/articles/25m-grant-program-good-news-for-municipalities-such-as-new-brunswick/

Description: Under the Small Landlord Emergency Grant Program, landlords who own apartments consisting of three and 10 units will be able to apply starting next week for an emergency grant under the federal stimulus CARES Act to help cover rental income lost between April and July.

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Subject:   COVID Grants

Title: President's Diagnosis Overshadows News That COVID-19 Cases Spiking in New Jersey

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/government/articles/president-s-diagnosis-overshadows-news-that-covid-19-cases-spiking-in-new-jersey/

Description: Friday's news that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 reverberated across the country. It especially hit home in New Jersey in light of the fact that the president attended a fundraiser Thursday at his sprawling Bedminster golf course.

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Subject:   COVID-19 President Donald J. Trump Health

Title: 70 More New Brunswick Residents Test Positive For COVID-19; Death Toll Hits 34

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/70-more-new-brunswick-residents-test-positive-for-covid-19-death-toll-hits-34/

Description: New Brunswick statistics for COVID-19 as of April 23, 2020.

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Subject:   COVID Public Health

Title: A Morose Milestone in New Brunswick: The City's 100th COVID-19 Death.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/a-morose-milestone-in-new-brunswick-the-city-s-100th-covid-19-death/

Description: The city marked a morose milestone on Wednesday with the passing of the 100th resident due to complications of COVID-19.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Death

Title: City Center COVID-19 Testing is Keeping New Brunswick Workforce Safe.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/city-center-covid-19-testing-is-keeping-new-brunswick-workforce-safe/

Description: The free COVID-19 testing in City Center offered each Monday is helping ensure the safety and well-being of New Brunswick’s workforce.

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Subject:   COVID Vaccines Public Health New Brunswick City Center

Title: City Still Showing Care and Compassion For New Brunswick Seniors During Pandemic.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/city-still-showing-care-and-compassion-for-new-brunswick-seniors-during-pandemic/

Description: For some of the seniors who receive wellness calls from the staff members inside the city’s Department of Social Services, the voice on the other end of the phone might be the only one they hear that day.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Health Social Services Senior Citizens

Title: COVID-19 Vaccinations, Booster Shots, Testing Available at NBPAC.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/covid-19-vaccinations-booster-shots-testing-available-at-nbpac/

Description: COVID-19 vaccinations, booster shots and testing will be available at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center at 11 Livingston Avenue on Tuesday, Dec. 21.

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Subject:   COVID Vaccines Testing New Brunswick Performing Arts Center Health & Wellness

Title: New Brunswick Eliminating Face Mask Mandate.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/new-brunswick-eliminating-face-mask-mandate/

Description: The city’s indoor face mask requirement will lapse at midnight as COVID-19 cases continue to drop here and throughout the state.

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Subject:   COVID City Government Mask Mandate Executive Order

Title: New Brunswick Hospitals Limit Visitors As Omicron Cases Skyrocket.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/new-brunswick-hospitals-limit-visitors-as-omicron-cases-skyrocket/

Description: Most visitors, including those under 18, will be prohibited at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and other RWJBarnabas facilities across the state after Christmas.

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Subject:   COVID Omicron variant Hospitals Health & Wellness

Title: New Brunswick Sees a Jump in Number of Residents Who are Vaccinated, State Says

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/new-brunswick-sees-a-jump-in-number-of-residents-who-are-vaccinated-state-says/

Description: According to chart showing municipalities with more than 10,000 residents and a less than 50% vaccination rate, 43% of New Brunswick residents are now vaccinated.

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Subject:   COVID Vaccines

Title: New Brunswick Tomorrow to Use $100,000 Grant to Deploy More COVID Ambassadors.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/new-brunswick-tomorrow-to-use-100-000-grant-to-deploy-more-covid-ambassadors/

Description: The nonprofit organization that has initiated a door-to-door campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccinations across the city will use a $100,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase and enhance its efforts.

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Subject:   COVID New Brunswick Tomorrow grants vaccines public health

Title: New Free COVID-19 Testing Site Opening in New Brunswick.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/new-free-covid-19-testing-site-opening-in-new-brunswick/

Description: Walk-up COVID-19 testing will be conducted at the Youth Sports Complex at 419 Joyce Kilmer Ave., replacing the one at the Redshaw Elementary School that was forced to close in order to allow the school district to prepare for the school year.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Testing

Title: No COVID-19 Patients at Saint Peter's For First TIme Since Pandemic Hit.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/no-covid-19-patients-at-saint-peter-s-for-first-time-since-pandemic-hit/

Description: Saint Peter’s University Hospital had no COVID-19 patients in its beds on Wednesday for the first time since March.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Patients St. Peter's University Hospital

Title: Rutgers Dropping Indoor Mask Requirement for Students, Faculty.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/rutgers-dropping-indoor-mask-requirement-for-students-faculty/

Description: Face coverings will be optional for Rutgers students and faculty in indoor teaching spaces and libraries starting Oct. 1.

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Subject:   Health COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Antonio M. Calcado Rutgers University Vaccines Masks

Title: Saint Peter's in New Brunswick Honored For Employee Care During Pandemic.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/saint-peter-s-in-new-brunswick-honored-for-employee-care-during-pandemic/

Description: The Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has been awarded an annual honor that recognizes companies that strive to reduce workplace risks, secure expert care for their workers and make the health of their employees a priority.

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Subject:   COVID Public Health St. Peter's Healthcare System Teddy Awards

Title: Saint Peter's Nurse Honored For Helping Administer 30,000 Vaccination Doses.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/saint-peter-s-nurse-honored-for-helping-administer-30-000-vaccination-doses/

Description: A nurse who headed Saint Peter’s University Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics that resulted in more than 30,000 doses being administered throughout the community has been recognized for her leadership.

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Subject:   COVID Vaccines Nurses St. Peter's University Hospital Avril A. Keldo Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey (ONL NJ)

Title: Surge in Omicron Cases Impacting Hospitals, Airports, Sports World.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/surge-in-omicron-cases-impacting-hospitals-airports-sports-world/

Description: The highly transmissible omicron variant continues to surge across the state, where the single-day COVID-19 positive case record was eclipsed for the third straight day.

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Subject:   COVID Omicron variant Airlines Holidays Public Health & Safety

Title: Two Locations in New Brunswick Will Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine Doses.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/two-locations-in-new-brunswick-will-distribute-covid-19-vaccine-doses/

Description: Two locations in the city have been chosen as sites where COVID-19 vaccination shots will be administered.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Unresolved Grief Still Affecting Scores of New Jersey Residents in COVID-19 Pandemic

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/unresolved-grief-still-affecting-scores-of-new-jersey-residents-in-covid-19-pandemic/

Description: One grief counselor said that untold scores of New Jerseyans over the past five months have been carrying around unresolved feelings, largely due to the lack of funerals during COVID.

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Subject:   COVID Health Mental Health

Title: Rutgers Announces Face Masks Optional in Offices, Housing Spaces, Events.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/rutgers-university/articles/rutgers-announces-face-masks-optional-in-offices-housing-spaces-events/

Description: Rutgers announced Thursday that face coverings in offices, conference rooms, research labs, housing and public spaces in buildings will be optional.

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Subject:   Rutgers University COVID Mask Mandate

Title: Rutgers President Stands By Virtual Graduation Decision, Doesn't Want a 'Super-Spreader Event'.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/rutgers-university/articles/rutgers-president-stands-by-virtual-graduation-decision-doesn-t-want-a-super-spreader-event/

Description: Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway acknowledged that his decision to forgo in-person commencement ceremonies this spring was an unpopular one among the many who sent him letters over the past week.

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Subject:   Rutgers COVID-19 Graduation health

Title: Rutgers to Begin Spring Semester Via Remote Instruction.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/rutgers-university/articles/rutgers-to-begin-spring-semester-via-remote-instruction?fbclid=IwAR26Ddqpg4FjNdODmWPCBytL5AKgpe4eQj82tHWgp8gGhDsAI3Lt41ZTSJU

Description: Rutgers will begin the spring semester via remote instruction and require students and employees to have their booster shots.

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Subject:   Rutgers COVID Virtual Learning Omicron variant

Title: New Brunswick High School Girls Make History With Outdoor Match.

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/sports/articles/new-brunswick-high-school-girls-make-history-with-outdoor-match/

Description: The girls wrestling team faced off against Elizabeth last week in what is believed to be the first outdoor wrestling match in school history – boys or girls team.

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Subject:   New Brunswick High School Women's Wrestling COVID-19

Title: Rutgers Fall Football Schedule Released Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/sports/articles/rutgers-fall-football-schedule-released-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

Description: Rutgers football season schedule as of August 5, 2020.

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Subject:   Rutgers Football COVID

Title: Rutgers Campuses Closed Until August, Summer Classes Moved Online

URL: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/paterson/categories/news/articles/rutgers-campuses-closed-until-august-summer-classes-moved-online-18/

Description: Rutgers cancels all in person classes for the summer of 2020.

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Subject:   COVID Rutgers Public Health

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