On Super Bowl Sunday, Judith Persichilli, New Jersey’s commissioner of health, was on an emergency call with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It was just before the kickoff when I learned that the next day, February 3, we could expect 350 travelers who had passed through China to land at Newark Liberty International Airport.” Her task: to comply with an executive order from Governor Phil Murphy, effective immediately, that would establish a new coronavirus task force and institute new screening measures at the airport for incoming flights from China. More. |