Effective Friday, March 13, visitors are prohibited at all Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals and nursing and rehabilitation facilities in response to the situation surrounding COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), as it “continues to evolve,” notes the HMH website, hackensackmeridianhealth.org. This restriction includes Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin.

“HMH is restricting visitation across all of its hospitals,” the site explains.