New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Laying Out Detailed Plan To Recovery

Cleve Bryan reports.

AND VOTE ON THE BILL.SKY LAR HENRY FOR CBS NEWS,CAPITOL HILL.GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY SAYSREOPENING TO NEW JERSEY IS ONHIS MIND BUT BEFORE THAT CANHAPPY IS LAYING OUT A DETAILEDPLAN TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THEVIRUS.CLEVE BRYAN'S IN WASHINGTONTOWNSHIP WITH TODAY'S LATESTDEVELOPMENTS, HI THERE, STEVE.REPORTER: TWO WEEKS AGOGOVERNOR MURPHY LAID OUT A SIXSTEP ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY INNEW JERSEY.TODAY HE WENT INTO MOREDETAILS ABOUT STEPS ONETHROUGH THREE.STEP ONE IS BEING SLOWING DOWNTHE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19.TO THAT END, NEW JERSEY SAWITS LOWEST DAILY CASE TOTAL INTWO MONTHS WITH 898 POSITIVETEST RESULTS.ON STEP TWO EXPANDING TESTING,MURPHY SAYS STATE SHOULD BEABLE TO CONDUCT ABOUT 20,000COVID-19 TESTS PER DAY BY THEEVEN OF THE MAY.AND THEN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHIS MANDATE AGO THIS ALL PEOPLEIN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIESGET TESTED BY MAY 26TH.ON STEP THREE CONTACT TRACINGMURPHY SAYS STATE IS BRINGINGALL LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTEFFORTS UNDER A STANDARD STATESYSTEM AND OFFICIALS ARETRYING TO ADD A THOUSAND NEWCONTACT TRACING PROFESSIONALSTO THE ROUGHLY 800 ALREADY INPLACE.YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVEEXPERIENCE TO BECOME A CONTACTTRACER, THE PAY IS 25 DOLL AREAN HOUR.AS FAR AS REOPENINGNONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES,MURPHIES SAY THEY WILL HAVEMORE TO SAY LATE THEY AREWEEK.WHILE IMPROVING WE ARE STILLIN THE MIDDLE OF AN HEALTHCARE CRISIS.PATIENTS AND IN HOSPITALS,PER 100,000 WE LEAD THENATION.NEW DEATHS PER 100,000 WE LEADTHE NATION.SO TO ALL OF THOSE WHO SAYWILLYNILLY, THE PREDICTORS OFTHE FUTURE AND THAT WE CANOPEN THIS PLACE UP WIDE AND BECARE FREE AND GET BACK TO SOMESEMBLANCE OF WHERE WE WERE ACOUPLE MONTHS AGO, I WANT TOYOU COMMIT THAT CHART TOMEMORY.WE WILL TAKE STEPS.WE WILL TAKE THEM RESPONSIBLY.YOU WILL EVEN HEAR ABOUT SOMESTEPS THAT WE WILL TAKE SOMESTEPS THIS WEEK BUT THOSENUMBERS DON'T LIE.WE ARE STILL THE MOST IMPACTEDSTATE IN THE AMERICA RIGHTNOW.REPORTER: COMING UP ON"EYEWITNESS NEWS" AT5:00 O'CLOCK WE WILL TELL YOUHOW THE STATE PLANS TO GET TO