N.J. task force will be formed to implement recommendations from COVID response review – WHYY

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said a task force will be set up to implement the recommendations made in a review of the states response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recommendations in the $9 million report, which was released Monday, included documenting existing pandemic plans immediately, making specific investments to reduce health disparities across the state and increasing the readiness and resiliency of the hospital system in an emergency.

During WHYYs Ask Governor Murphy program on Wednesday, the governor said the panel will likely continue working through the list until his last day in office.

Its gonna take us a while to chop through all of these recommendations, he said. The public health infrastructure is a huge lift financially and otherwise. Preparedness tabletop exercises, making sure that when you change administrations, theres x number of days dedicated between Election Day and inauguration to exercises and prepping for this.

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N.J. task force will be formed to implement recommendations from COVID response review - WHYY