Murphy to quarantine after after COVID-19 exposure
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he would go into quarantine after learning that he was in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
I was just informed by my colleagues that I was in close proximity to someone on Saturday who has just tested positive, he said, speaking at the campus of Camden Community College in Blackwood, where he was joined by several South Jersey elected officials to announce a new workforce development program funded by federal coronavirus relief money.
Murphy said he last tested negative on Monday, but that he would be tested again in light of the news."I will now, unfortunately, have to take myself off the field," he said, and left the event. Moments earlier during the conference, Murphy urged residents to continue taking precautions to safeguard against the virus. The state is reporting another 1,000 cases and 18 deaths, he said, and hospitalizations are at the highest in months.
This is not abstract, he said. It remains with us, its surging over the past several weeks. Murphy wore a mask throughout most of the news conference.
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