Sunday 3/15/ 2020 Coronavirus updates Lakewood

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10:00 pm
Agudah  of NJ official notice to Roshei Mosdos: Gov Murphy will announce closure of all schools Public and Private tomorrow and will go into effect shortly after. Schools and yeshivos are encouraged to make the necessary preparations.

-Supermarket owners in Lakewood -There is no shortage of food and no reason to panic no problem of the food supply
-DR. Shanik - If child is not feeling well don't come worrying about corona unless they were exposed, treat it as if they are just not feeling well
-Parents can come to their children for pesach unless someone was exposed to Caronavirus
-Hatzolah members wearing masks is no reason to suspect anything its only there as a precaution.
Patient who thinks they have Coronavirus will be treated as a regular medical emergency
-Dr shanik only 3% mortality rate no reason to panic even if you have the virus

9:00 pm
-Agudah of Chicago announce there is enough Matzah or those whose pesach travel plans have been cancelled  Also  Meals for Children  the community will be offering drive-through pickup for free breakfast and lunch. The meals will be available for anyone ages 18 and under.

-Lakewood should calm down and relax: - Listen Live 9:00 pm  HERE  Q&A with Dr. Shanik, Hatzolah members and supermarket owners and Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin to bring chizuk in Emuna and Bitachon on Radio Kol Berama 107.9 FM

-Rav Yisrael Reisman Torah Voddas never had to close for a few weeks in its 101 year history our response should be to take it seriously and hashem wants to see how we respond and make it a period of aliya better people from this whole experience

8:45 pm
-Lakewood private schools and yeshivos will close with order of Gov Murphy to shut schools statewide. Schools will be open for Tomorrow but bracing for closure as of Tuesday through Pesach.
- Whispering Pines shul sticks to one person per table rule.
- The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action Sunday to try to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero


8:00 pm
-CDC recommends no events of more than 50 people for next eight weeks could impact chasunas.
-Virtual Asifa tonight on Coronavirus by Rav Yisrael Reisman Rav Elya Brudny  at Agudah.org at 8:15- 9:00 pm Phone: (718) 298-2077 ext. 42 watch Livestream HERE

7:45 pm
Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, and Harav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, decided to leave all Torah institutions open, including Yeshivos, Talmud Torahs and Kollelim. They urged to be vigilant with all guidelines of the Ministry of Health, which requires splitting into groups of no more than 10, etc.
- Name for Tehillim added to R' Motty Katz גימפל מרדכי דניאל בן שרה איטא


6:30 pm
-Prospect Square Shul closed after member comes in contact with patient who is positive
-Pawnee shul, Bais Shabsi: Mincha will be divided in 2. A-K outside. L-Z inside.
DeBlasio Shuts down NYC Schools including yeshivos

5:00 pm
Lakewood Patients exposed to cardiologist from ny who tested positive for Corona.

-Chemed statement after much confusion of people with symptoms not getting tested: Due to limited supply only testing pertinent cases. It's only a matter of time that Lakewood will have positive cases.

- Chaim Berlin Yeshiva and Mesivta closed

4:30 pm
Agudah update: Infectious disease specialists are now strongly recommending extreme measures to severely limit all social or communal gatherings,  including closing shuls and schools . These necessary, preventative steps deserve strong consideration, even in communities that have not experienced appreciable incidences of COVID-19. The tipping point has been reached.
 ·     Where shuls have closed, people should not unsafely congregate in house  minyanim , as this will defeat the purpose.
·     Mikvaos need not close, but should enhance their cleaning protocols, and should not include any congregating. A woman who exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 should not attend the  mikvah  before consulting her doctor and Rav.

4:00 pm
-Report:  New Jersey  Gov Murphy  says a statewide closure of public schools is "imminent."anoucement tomorrow.

- Yeshiva Toras Emes- Kaminetz in Flatbush was  closed Sunday morning, due to a suspected coronavirus case in a high-school teacher.
-Gov Murphy - 31 new positive test results since yesterday, bringing our statewide total to 98.
- Lakewood school will stay open  for tomorrow pending  an order from Gov. Phil Murphy closing all schools in the state The decision to stay open is driven in part by the fact that parents in the district cannot afford to stay home from work.

2:00 pm
Couple in EY gets married in Osher Ad supermarket were 100 people are allowed instead of the limit of 10. Other couples getting married outdoors in the streets all over the country.

-Please continue to daven for  מרדכי דניאל בן שרה איטא in critical condition from Corona virus at Cornell medical center

-Lakewood Physician: Because there are no tests people may have the virus and not know.
-chemed reportedly only testing unless one was in contact with a known positive case or was in a hotspot atea

1:00 pm
Tehillim B'tzibur across Lakewood in BMG and shuls around town at 1:15 pm atzeres hisoirerus in BMG 1:00 pm

Bais Medrash of Beacon Ridge in Lakewood (Heichal Tzvi) closed and being sanitized after 2 members were in contact over Purim with an infindivid who tested positive for Coronavirus. They have not been tested but experiencing symptoms.



12:00 pm

- Chicago Rabbinical council put out letter for shuls to close other Rabbonim not on board with it.
11:00 am
-Torah Anytime Emergency Tehillim Reading Event worldwide at 12:00 pm watch live HERE
Listen live on kol Berama radio in Lakewood 107.9 fm
- BMG notifies talmidim They hope the zman will end on regular schedule, they're urging bochurim who are planning on flying home for Pesach to do so ASAP. because of potential flight restrictions.

-Lakewood school district open for now its easier to contain the students and keep track of health instead of having them run around unaccounted. Officials in touch with vendors to make sure there is a plan for services should the schools shut down.

10:45 am
- NJ Gov. Phil Murphy  considering a statewide curfew to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
-Lakewood BOE to make announcement at 12:00 pm press conference watch live HERE explaining decision to remain open for now
-Bais Yaakov of  Monsey closed, BYA in Brooklyn, closed as well as precaution
-Letter circulating from BMG roshei yeshiva with guidelines is not accurate was not written on the official stationary of the yeshiva and did not reflect on points that were brought up at  a meeting before shabbos
-Urgent care centers are not testing patients for Coronavirus either because they dont have testing kits or don't want to shut down if a patient is positive, possibility that there are many people with virus walking around
-Gov Murphy “We will be looking at more draconian steps to limit social grouping He added state officials will “inevitably” shut down all of the state’s public schools.
10:00 am
-Chosson & Kallah in Israel get a summons after having more than 10 ppl at their wedding, other chasunas taking place on rooftops with music coming from nearby rooftop limiting the crowd to 10 people
-The Kosel has been sectioned off with barricades, and only 10 people are permitted in each section.
-Walmart is cutting store hours at its locations across the U.S. due to COVID-19.Stores normally open 24 hours will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. until further notice,

8:00 am

-Lakewood physician: It is 100% ok to drink tap water. according to the EPA The COVID-19 virus has not been detected in drinking-water supplies. Based on current evidence, the risk to water supplies is low. Americans can continue to use and drink water from their tap as usual. Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, is a type of virus that is particularly susceptible to disinfection and standard treatment and disinfectant processes are expected to be effective.

-Ponovez yeshiva remains open despite gov closure, Badatz eidah Hacheredis says girls schools should close boys learning should stay open as Torah protects even in time of Sakanna, Israeli police going around attempting to close the yeshivos and schools that are defying the gov ban,

Boro Park: A woman has reportedly been tested positive with COVID-19. The Koruv Shul on 19-th avenue and 59th  street  has sent an alert to its members that the woman was in attendance for Megilah Leining on Purim night and day