News Updates Sunday May 3, Lakewood

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- Trump: "we have to reopen our country."  he believes there will be a coronavirus vaccine ‘by the end of the year’ "We have to get it back open safely but as quickly as possible," Trump said.
- Jersey City numbers  5,518 Covid-19 and 285 fatalities (population 247,500)
-Live on bnei Torah phone line 646-726-9977 9:15 pm Vaad by Rav Binyamin Gugenhiemer Shlita

-Maariv/Sefiras Haomer:       היום חמשה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעומר/בעומר
-Lakewood 1862 cases 88 deaths/ Toms River 1172/66, Brick 881/79, Jackson 661/17
-During an interview last week on CNBC governor Murphy left the door open for a decision to allow students to return to their classrooms."Yes, there is a chance we could get back to school," Murphy said, adding that it would be part of a "new norm" that would include social distancing protocols and possibly requiring face coverings.

-A coalition of education organizations wants Gov. Phil Murphy to keep public and private schools closed for the rest of the academic year.

-Bde: HaRav Yisroel Grumer ZT”L Rav of  khal Shomrei Shabbos av Beis din and Head of the Vaad Harabonim of Cleveland. He was niftar on Shabbos levaya took place earlier in Cleveland.

-Hospitslizations in Israel down to 294 covid19 patients  only 23 hospitalized today reporter Amit Segal for channel 12.
-Torah Umesorah: B”H we were able to provision conference lines for 3,000 classrooms. We are out of conference lines for now. We are working on getting more resources up so that we can add more lines, but we don’t have an ETA on that.

-The FDA  gave emergency approval to a COVID-19 antibody test that boasts near-perfect accuracy, the company said Sunday. Swiss drugmaker Roche said the new test, which determines whether someone had a past infection, has proven 100% accurate at detecting antibodies in the blood and 99.8% accurate at ruling out the presence of them.

- New Jersey will join New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the regional effort to purchase PPE and  medical equipment  they will pool $5 billion to increase buying power and avoid competing with each other.

-NJ Positive cases 126,744 and 7871 deaths officials say the pandemic has slowed in the state.
- Lakewood Planning Board meetings May 5th and May 6th. Agenda for may 5th Here and here
 May 6th agenda here to submit comments see here
- Lakewood zoning Board virtual meeting tomorrow 7:00 pm see agenda here. A minimum of two days prior to the meeting, or during the meeting you may submit written questions and or/comments via email to: zoningboardcomments@lakewoodnj.gov. You must include your name and address in your submission. The Board will review the questions and comments and address them as is appropriate.

-Lakewood township special virtual  meeting tomorrow 10:30 am Authorizing The Extension Of Grace Period For Property Taxes Due On May 1, 2020

-Dermatologists caution when you do go outside, you might experience a sunburn more easily. Skin is more Sensitive to the Sun from Being Inside in quarantine. The skin isn’t building up a tolerance  when you do go outside, you might experience a sunburn more easily.
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-Hespedim: Shloshim of Harav Ahron Walkin Zatzal of B"M Bais Aharon of Lakewood live 1:00 pm on Torahanytime HERE  call in number 718-298-2077 ex 46. Among the Maspidim Harav Malkiel Kotler shlita, Harav Yeruchom olshin shlita, Harav Shlomo Feivel Schustal shlita, Chacham David Yosef, ChachamYitzchak Yosef

-School lunch distribution today at 1000 Cross street

-City of Hoboken, NJ offering rapid 15 minute covid19 tests to all town residents even witout symptoms
-Virtual Yarchei Kallah 11:00 am  hachana shiur 12:00 pm EDT shiur from Rabbi Asher Weiss on Yesod of Brochos on Foods, and at 1:00 pm divrei chizuk from Rabbi Reuven Leuchter.
Zoom link here call in number is 1-646-558-8656, access code: 835-286-77424.

-53 New Jersey hospitals to share  $1.7 billion in funding from the federal government

-Lakewood Police issue summons for hosting an engagement party to pick up gifts on April 28. NJ Attorney General says Police found 25 to 30 cars parked on the street and approximately 20 people standing in front of the residence, without social distancing.

- Will there be a second round of stimulus checks? Financial firm SimplyWise found that 63% of Americans will require a second stimulus check within the next three months to pay bills. Congress is working on a follow up to its first relief bill that should be completed by 4 May. With this information, the House could push to enact a second round of stimulus checks, or even a monthly payment system "We could very well do a second round of direct payments," President Donald Trump said while answering press questions earlier this month. "It is absolutely under serious consideration."