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NJ’s Regular COVID Briefings Have Ended. The Pandemic Has Not

By P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Published March 4, 2022 at 11:30 PM EST
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy leads the final briefing on the state’s response to the pandemic on March 4, 2022 in Trenton, N.J.
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N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy leads the final briefing on the state’s response to the pandemic on March 4, 2022 in Trenton, N.J.

Today marks two years since the first COVID-19 case was reported in New Jersey. It will also mark an end to regularly scheduled COVID-19 briefings by Governor Phil Murphy. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports that the end of the briefings does not mean that the pandemic is over.

(Original air-date: 3/4/22)
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P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.
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