One positive thing to come out of the COVID-19 public health emergency is the ability for the New Jersey DOT to move road work from evenings and overnights to daytime.
Atlantic County spokeswoman Linda Gilmore said the county submitted a plan to the state for a center at the Hamilton Mall in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton. A date to open has not been determined.
The order was issued in an effort to keep contact between people to a minimum so COVID-19 does not quickly spread and overwhelm the state's healthcare system.
Police said Juan Gomez Sanchez of Lakewood went to a liquor store Wednesday. When he was told an employee wouldn't sell him cigarettes, he coughed and claimed he was infected with coronavirus, police said.
All of New Jersey's toll bridges and highways have now temporarily stopped accepting cash payment as a way of practicing social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus.