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May 13, 2025
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Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Worldwide Pandemic, or the spread of the COVID-19 virus, has made its way to New Jersey in March 2020. With exponential spread of the virus expected, the whole of society has been asked to take precautions to slow the spread, including social distancing, limiting large gatherings, washing hands and staying home if you are sick. This page features information curated and reported by Pascack Press and Northern Valley Press journalists. For Centers for Disease Control updates, go to: cdc.gov/coronavirus. For New Jersey info, go to: nj.gov/health.

Northern Valley Press

Rapid-Response COVID-19 Test Gets Emergency Approval

March 13, 2020 Staff

HACKENSACK—Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is pleased to announce that the Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) has created a test to dramatically reduce […]

Alpine

All Bergen County Schools Will Close, Transition to Distance Learning, Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

March 12, 2020 Tom Clancey

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—All 75 public school districts in Bergen County will transition to off-site online distance learning Friday, March 13 at 3 p.m., as officials scramble to control community spread […]

Alpine

Pandemic Declared by World Health Organization Amid Calls to Increase Coronavirus Precautions

March 11, 2020 Tom Clancey

GENEVA—Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is now officially a pandemic, the World Health Organization announced today, as new cases in the United States climbed to 938 and deaths to 29. “WHO has […]

Pascack Press

Store Owner Charged After Bogus River Vale ‘Sanitizer’ Burns Four Children

March 11, 2020 Staff

RIVER VALE, N.J.—Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced today two enforcement matters relating to the alleged sale of a dangerous “spray sanitizer” at a […]

Hackensack

First COVID-19 Death in Area Prompts Bergen County State of Emergency

March 10, 2020 Staff

HACKENSACK—In light of the death of a 69-year-old Little Ferry resident, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco III has declared a State of Emergency for the County of Bergen, New Jersey’s […]

Northern Valley Press

[UPDATE! Store Owner Summonsed] Probe On Store’s ‘Spray Sanitizer’ After Child Apparently Burned

March 10, 2020 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—On Monday, March 9, the same day Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency over the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus, the River Vale Police Department issued […]

Alpine

Coronavirus Update: Second Englewood Patient Attended Conservative Conference

March 9, 2020 Michael Olohan

ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—A 55-year-old Englewood man who tested “presumptive positive” for coronavirus March 6 at Englewood Hospital—and was New Jersey’s fourth confirmed case—was a guest at a conservative conference also attended […]

Alpine

Englewood Patient Treated For Coronavirus is Second Case in New Jersey

March 5, 2020 Tom Clancey

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday, March 6 at 2:30 p.m. ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Health officials are working to determine the known contacts of a city resident who contracted coronavirus […]

Alpine

New Jersey School Districts Told to Prepare for Coronavirus

March 4, 2020 Michael Olohan

NEW JERSEY—School administrators state-wide were urged March 2 “to prepare for possible community transmission of [coronavirus] COVID-19” by the state Department of Health, which provided step-by-step guidance to local districts […]

Alpine

Coronavirus Virus Preparations Underway in New Jersey, Bergen County Region

March 3, 2020 Michael Olohan

Editor’s note: This story was updated on March 4 at 4 p.m. BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—With the coronavirus having been found throughout the United States after spreading from its original outbreak […]

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