92.7 WOBM News Flash Briefing: April 13 9AM

https://jerseyshorepodcasts.townsquaredigital.com/WOBMNEWS4-13-209AM.mp3

Following an order by Governor Murphy that states all retail and supermarket customers must wear face coverings while inside stores, he is now ordering face coverings for anyone entering a bar or restaurant to pick up their take-out order.

Hospital-room shortages, a struggle to immediately handle dead bodies, the need for additional help on the front lines – this is all happening now, and it all happened during the 1918 influenza pandemic, says Rutgers researcher Janet Golden.

The effect of social distancing is starting to flatten the Covid-19 curve in Jersey but infection rates, hospitalizations and deaths will have to drop significantly before the return to normalcy can begin.

Hong Kong human rights advocates who worked with Jersey Shore Congressman Chris Smith to protect Hong Kong freedoms from Chinese government oppression has donated 4,000 high-quality surgical masks to first responders at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold.