In the latest round of shutterings because of the coronavirus, Gov. Phil Murphy announced he’s ordering all businesses like barber shops and salons in New Jersey to close until further notice, effectively Thursday at 8 p.m., to help prevent the outbreak from spreading further.

The executive order is for so-called personal-care businesses that “cannot comply with social distancing guidelines,” Murphy said during his daily coronavirus briefing in Trenton.

That includes “barbershops and hair salons, spas, nail and eyelash salons, tattoo parlors” and social clubs, the governor said.

The news came as Murphy announced New Jersey now has at least 742 known coronavirus cases statewide, including at least nine deaths, as officials reported 312 new positive tests Thursday.

Murphy has already instituted sweeping new restrictions in New Jersey to combat the outbreak, including the closure of all public and private schools and the shutdown of casinos, dine-in restaurant service, theaters, gyms, and indoor shopping malls, and a suggested curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. He has also limited public gatherings to no more than 50 people.

“We are aggressive as any American state in the steps we’ve taken,” Murphy said Thursday. “But we reserve the right to each and every day, if not each and every hour, to revisit the steps we’ve taken and to assess if we should take further steps.”

A reporter asked Murphy about people who may violate such orders, noting that two weddings in Lakewood were broken up by police Tuesday night despite the restrictions on gatherings. The reporter asked the governor if it’s time to “cut the crap.”

“It is time to cut the crap,” Murphy replied. “I like the way you put it. We simply cannot have this.”

He said officials must “ensure compliance no matter what it is — weddings, funerals, baptisms, you name it.”

“It has to be enforced, it will be enforced aggressively,” Murphy said. “We’re gonna get particularly ornery about this. We mean business. It’s not because we’re trying to be jerks. We just know that if we flatten the curve over here, we will lessen the pressure on the health care system over there and save lives.”

NJ Advance Media staff writer Brent Johnson contributed to this report.

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