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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Gym Owner Sees 'No Light At The End Of The Tunnel' As New Jersey Continues Reopening

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Gym Owner Sees 'No Light At The End Of The Tunnel' As New Jersey Continues Reopening
Gym Owner Sees 'No Light At The End Of The Tunnel' As New Jersey Continues Reopening
Howard Monroe reports.

THE MEASURE AND SAID SHE WILLAMEND THE DEPARTMENT'SINTERNAL POLICY ON THE ISSUE.NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS.TODAY MARKED 100 DAYS SINCENEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHILMURPHY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVEORDER SHUTTING DOWNNONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES.IT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED STEPTO PREVENT COVID-19 CASES FROMOVERWHELMING HEALTH SYSTEMSBUT HOW ARE BUSINESSES FAIRINGNOW?

"EYEWITNESS NEWS"REPORTER HOWARD MONROE JOINSUS FROM CAMDEN WITH MORE.HI, HOWARD.Reporter: HI, JESSICA.MANY BUSINESSES HERE IN THISSTATE HAVE SINCE BEEN ALLOWEDTO REOPEN SINCE THAT ORIGINALSHUT DOWN ORDER.HOWEVER MANY MORE REMAINCLOSED AND ARE NOW ON THEVERGE OF FAILING.BUT I WANTED TO BRINGATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT,YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES ARE DYINGAND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FUTURESARE EXTREMELY UNCERTAIN.Reporter: NEW JERSEY GYMOWNER MATT ON A RECENT250-MILE RUN FROM FULL TIMEFITNESS IN MORRIS COUNTY TOWASHINGTON, D.C.I CERTAINLY LEARNED MOREABOUT MYSELF IN THOSE NINEDAYS THAN I DID IN THE 41YEARS PRIOR.Reporter: WHEN I LASTSPOKE WITH GARFIELD A HUSBANDAND FATHER OF THREE RAN50 MILES TO TRENTON.THE RUNS ARE HIS WAY OFPROTESTING THE SHUTDOWNORDERS.HE SAYS HE DIDN'T WANT TO RISKHIS BUSINESS LICENSES ANDREOPEN LOOK THE OWNERS OFATILIS GYM IN BELLMAWR DIDBACK IN MAY BUT HE SAYS HE'SJUST AS ANNOYED.OUR LIVELIHOODS ARE INDANGER, IN TERRIBLE DANGER ANDTHERE IS NO LIGHT AT THE ENDOF THE TUNNEL FOR US.Reporter: MEANWHILE INHADDONFIELD, THE STREETS ARESTARTING TO FILL BACK UP.WE'RE EASING INTO -- BACKTO OUR NEW NORMAL HERE.Reporter: ANDREA RANO ISTHE OWNER OF THE PAPER TRAIL.AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR OVER 90DAYS THEY WERE ALLOWED TOREOPEN LAST WEEK.IN THE MEANTIME, THESTATIONARY STORE STARTEDDECORATE THE TOWN WITHBALLOONS.WE'RE HEADING IN THEPOSITIVE DIRECTION.Reporter: THE STATEREPORTED A SLIGHT INCREASE INNEW CASES COMPARED TO MONDAY.GOVERNOR MURPHY URGED PEOPLETO CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS ANDTO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROMOTHERS.DON'T BE THE KNUCKLEHEADWHO RUINS IT FOR EVERYONE ELSEAND THE LAST THING ANY OF USWANT TO DO IS TO PUT OURRESTART ON HOLD.Reporter: SPEAKING TO THESERIOUSNESS OF THIS DISEASEGOVERNOR MURPHY SAID THAT THEDEATH RATE HERE IN NEW JERSEYIS 12,949 RESIDENTS.HE SAYS THAT'S TWICE AS MANYMOBILE HAVE DIED IN NEW JERSEYFROM THE FLU IN THE LAST FIVEYEARS COMBINED.

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