New Jersey Reports First Child Death From Coronavirus

Cleve Bryan reports.

NATION LOST 21.5 MILLION JOBS.AID TO VICE-PRESIDENT PENCEHAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THEVIRUS.IN NEW JERSEY THREAT OFTHE COVID-19 IS ON THE DECLINEWITH HOSPITALIZATIONS BUTOFFICIALS ALSO SHARED ADEVASTATING NEW STAT TODAY,THE FIRST CHILD, TO DIEBECAUSE OF THE VIRUS."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORT ARECLEVE BRYAN'S IN WASHINGTONTOWNSHIP WITH THE STORY,CLEVE.REPORTER: WELL, THEGOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT THE POSTMARKS HE LIKES TO SEE ALONGTHE WAY ON THE ROAD TORECOVERY, IN EACH WE ARESEEING A DECLINE WITH THEDECLINE OF THE VIRUS BUT ONEMILESTONE TODAY A YOUNG LIFEIS LOST.TODAY, SADLY WE AREREPORTING THE DEATH OF ACHILD.REPORTER: WHILE PROTECTPROTECTING THE CHILD'SIDENTITY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYPASSING OF THE FOUR YEAR-OLDWIND LYING HEALTH CONDITIONSMARKS FIRST COVID-19-RELATEDDEATH OF THE PERSON UNDER 18IN NEW JERSEY.WE CANNOT THINK OF THE TOLLOF COVID-19 ONLY IN ECONOMICOR MATHEMATICAL TERMS BUT ALSOIN ITS MOST BASIC, HUMANTERMS.REPORTER: OVERALL NEARLY9,000 NEW JERSIANS ARE NOWSUSPECT OF DYING FROMCOVID-19, IF THE VIRUS IS NOWDECLINING IN EVERY REGION OFTHE GARDEN STATE, SAYOFFICIALS AND PERHAPS MOSTACCURATE GAUGE THEHOSPITALIZATIONS OF PEOPLEHAVE DROPPED BY NEARLY HALFSINCE PEAK NOTHING MID-APRIL.YET WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENINGTHE STATE GOVERNOR MURPHYREFERS TO THE PHILOSOPHYRATHER THAN A TIMETABLE.PUBLIC HEALTH CREATESECONOMIC HEALTH AND THE DATADETERMINES DATES.REPORTER: REALITY IS THATBECAUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERAUTHORITIES GOVERNORS INAMERICA ARE DETERMININGCOVID-19 AND POLITICS ARE ABIG PART OF THE HEALTH ANDWEALTH OF THE DISCUSSIONCUSHION.LOCAL MAYORS ARE EXERCISINGTHATTER POWER TO REOPEN THEIRPUBLIC PARKS AND BEACHES.IN TRENTON REPUBLICANS ANDMARYLAND RATE DEMOCRATS ARECALLING ON THE GOVERNOR TOREOPEN SMALL BUSINESSES ANDALLOW NONEMERGENCY SURGERIESTO RESUME.STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONSAYS THAT 14 DAYS OF STEADYDECLINE WITH THE VIRUS IS THECLOSEST THING TO A MAGICNUMBER WHEN DETERMINING THETIMETABLE TO LOOSENRESTRICTIONS, AND WHENGOVERNOR MAKES THE CALL, NEWJERSEY HOSPITALS THEY SAY WILLBE READY.OUR HOSPITALS ARE DRAFTINGPLANS AND WILL BE PREPAREDWHEN THE GOVERNOR MAKES THEDECISION THAT WE CAN MOVEFORWARD.WE ARE CONFIDENT IN THE DATATHAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEETHAT WE ARE ON THE PATHWAY TORESUMING ELECTIVE PROCEDURESAND SURGERIES AND WE ARECONFIDENT THAT WE WILL SEESOMETHING IN THE COMING DAYSOR WEEKS AHEAD.REPORTER: GOVERNOR MURPHYSAYS HOPEFULLY ON MACHINE ORTUESDAY THEY WILL MAKE SOMESORT OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS FARAS EXPANDED TESTING ANDCONTACT TRACING WHICH IS PAR