The New Jersey Department of Health has opened a coronavirus hotline to educate the community on the disease.

The hotline is being operated by the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES), also known as the New Jersey Poison Center. NJPIES is a division of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

New Jersey’s hotline can be reached at 1-800-222-1222.

The 24-hour hotline staffed continuously with trained healthcare professionals to answer questions about this emerging infection.