New Jersey governor recommends coronavirus curfew

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 16, 2020 4:33pm ET

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New Jersey governor recommends coronavirus curfew — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference in Ewing, N.J., Monday, March 2, 2020. New Jersey has no cases of the new coronavirus, Murphy said speaking Monday from a state police facility alongside Cabinet and other officials, including Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. Persichilli said one person in New Jersey is under investigation, but was not hospitalized and did not have a fever. | (Seth Wenig/AP)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recommended a statewide curfew on Monday, urging residents to stay in their homes from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Everyone needs to stay in and be safe,” Murphy said in a phone call with Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut. All three announced a number of joint tri-state measures aimed at combating the spread of the coronavirus.

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