Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who is fully vaccinated and got his booster shot in October, tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and is asymptomatic and quarantining.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID + started isolation for 10 days per CDC. I have no symptoms but getting tested was important before seeing family for holidays. I’m thankful for the protection from the vaccine/booster as it would be a different situation without them,” Fulop tweeted a few minutes ago.
“Please continue to be mindful of safety precautions + urge your loved ones to get vaccinated + booster shots.”
On October 4th, Fulop posted a photo of him getting his Moderna booster shot to Instagram indicating that “I trust the science and I want to be protected for myself and my family.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka also took to Twitter to announce he tested positive for COVID-19 and was exhibiting no symptoms as the latest wave surges throughout the state. U.S.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), also a Newark native, said in a statement on Sunday he tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms.
On Tuesday, CarePoint Health CEO Dr. Achintya Moulick said there shouldn’t be a widespread panic over the latest COVID-19 surge that includes the Omicron variant, since hospitalizations and deaths remain relatively low at this time.
” … The admissions are pretty flat, so you don’t have very sick people coming in, very few deaths: I think the media should not send people in a frenzy … inpatient will not be as bad as what we thought,” he said at an event at Christ Hospital.