COVID rules lifted for live venues, office spaces, indoor gatherings June 4, 2021
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Starting Friday, the state is rolling back one of its final rounds of COVID-19 restrictions, as the spread of the virus plummets and more than 4.1 million people in the state are fully vaccinated.
Under these latest reopenings, effective June 4, general indoor gathering limits, previously capped at 50 people, are being lifted. Meanwhile, the 250-person cap is being scrapped on political gatherings, weddings, funerals, memorial services, and commercial events.
The roll-back of restrictions coincides with Gov. Phil Murphy’s pledge to sign a bill that would formally end the state’s public health emergency – now in its 15th month – and cede power granted under the dozens of COVID-related executive orders he has issued in that time. The bill will keep in place 14 executive orders through early next year that would allow the governor to manage vaccinations and testing, ramp up restri
NJ reopening: Masks still here, but COVID capacity restrictions ending May 19, 2021
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In New Jersey, face coverings will still be required indoors for the foreseeable future even if you are vaccinated. Nonetheless, on Wednesday the state is embarking on what Gov. Phil Murphy has described as the “most aggressive” reopening measures taken during the pandemic thus far.
Capacity restrictions are being scrapped entirely and replaced with a 6-foot social distancing requirement for businesses including restaurants, personal service establishments, indoor and outdoor amusement parks, churches, retail stores and gyms.
The state is ending percentage-based capacity limits. Restaurants must enforce 6-foot social distancing or install barriers between tables closer than 6 feet. Tables are not limited to eight people.
NJ keeps mask requirements in place despite updates from CDC, neighboring states May 17, 2021
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New Jersey said May 17 it is keeping its indoor mask requirements in effect, despite the Biden administration loosening guidelines for fully vaccinated people and neighboring New York and Pennsylvania doing the same.
Under an order Gov. Phil Murphy is signing, the mask requirement will be fully lifted for outdoor settings, but it will still be in effect for indoor settings, as will social distancing.
“While we have made tremendous progress, we aren’t out of the woods yet,” the governor said during his COVID-19 daily press briefing on Monday.