Coronavirus: Marlboro adult day care center closes after visits from infected people

MARLBORO - An adult medical day care center has voluntarily closed after being visited by two people presumed to have had the coronavirus, according to notices from Mayor Jon Hornik and Monmouth County officials.

Hornik, who has been posting notices about the COVID-19 virus for days, included that information in his latest posting on the township website late Wednesday evening.

A notice from county officials stated the visitors were two Hazlet women, ages 66 and 83, who are both being treated at Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel. The adult care facility, the Golden Age Adult Day Care Program, has voluntarily closed.

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“We recently participated in a call with the Governor’s Office, state and county Departments of Health in which we learned that a facility in Morganville, Golden Age Medical Day Care Center, has voluntarily closed on a temporary basis after having been visited by an individual who is presumed to have the COVID-19 virus,” the mayor's notice said, in part.

“The clients of this facility are being notified this evening. The measures being taken by the state of New Jersey include a thorough cleaning and survey of the facility, which will be done out of abundance of caution to ensure that it is completely safe before reopening. Note that this facility is not open to the general public and can only be accessed by application and acceptance.”

The facility, located at 209 Commercial Court in the Morganville section, is described on its website as providing “personalized health monitoring, social services, door to door transportation, rehabilitative services plus a full range of activities such as, bongo, mahjong, billiards, arts and crafts, live music, outings and much more.”

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It is a day facility and provides no overnight living options. Calls to the facility Thursday morning went unanswered.

Hornik did not offer more details on when the visit occurred or the visitor. He did not immediately respond to requests for more information Thursday morning. Monmouth County Health Department officials did not immediately respond to requests for more information.

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Joe Strupp is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience who covers education and Monmouth County for APP.com and the Asbury Park Press. He is also the author of two books, including Killing Journalism on the state of the news media, and an adjunct media professor at Rutgers University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Reach him at jstrupp@gannettnj.com and at 732-643-4277. Follow him on Twitter at @joestrupp