Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday that he anticipates lifting his school mask mandate before the end of the academic year if the numbers continue to drop as fast as they did in South Africa and the U.K., where the highly contagious omicron variant first hit. (northjersey.com)
Gov. Phil Murphy said today that he has declared another health emergency in the state to keep emergency measures in place to try to contain the spread of COVID-19 – including requiring masks in schools – ahead of them expiring at the end of the day.