Cape May County notes governor’s order that daycares must close April 1 unless they serve children of essential employees
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
Three more Atlantic County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Friday morning, March 27, according to the Atlantic County Department of Health.
Linda Gilmore, public relations information officer for the county, said the department’s latest confirmed COVID-19 cases include “three males, two in their 20s, both of whom are recovering at home; and a third in his late 50s who is hospitalized.
Atlantic County is now reporting a total of 14 cases.
Cape May County has not reported any new cases as of Friday morning – after reporting the total had risen to nine as of Wednesday afternoon.
The Cape May County did issue a release late Thursday that Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order is going to close daycares through New Jersey, unless the daycares “exclusively service children of essential employees.
The childcare centers will be closed to the public as of Wednesday, April 1, and “remain closed through the school closure period.”
“Paperwork must be filed with the state immediately if the daycare is attempting to stay open,” according to the release from Denis Brown, administrative aide to the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
“The Cape May County Office of Emergency Management wanted to ensure local daycares had access to the form because of the importance of keeping local daycares open for essential employees during this time,” the release stated.
The link to the application is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3ElMPAsWND13XPDDMLaEOYnTX3V1iiXr9p6yekvL2suiYNA/viewform
“Some of the essential employees that are outlined in the Executive Order include but are not limited to first responders, health care workers, essential government employees, Social Services workers, and workers of essential retail operations,” according to the release.