New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is set to finally drop his school mask mandate from next month — as New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul face pressure to do the same.
Murphy will officially announce the elimination of his mandate requiring students and teachers to wear masks on Monday afternoon, administration officials told NorthJersey.com.
School officials will be in charge of deciding whether masks will still be required when the statewide mandate is lifted on March 7, the officials said.
The Democratic governor’s pending announcement comes a month after he renewed his mask mandate in schools as the Omicron variant
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