Gov. Phil Murphy said this weekend that people should not go to their homes at the Jersey Shore to get away from the coronavirus.
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As News 12 reported last week, a number of people were headed south to try to do that.
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Hospitals and health care facilities there are not properly staffed in the off-season, and that could put a strain on everything.
There is an increase of emergency staff in the summer, but that's not the case during the colder months.
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