NorthJersey.com
Local business owners said they are leaving it up to customers whether they wear face masks, a day after the CDC released new mask guidelines due to the fast spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommended that vaccinated and unvaccinated people should wear masks in schools and in public indoor spaces in hot-spot counties. Murphy did not address the school mask guideline, but last month he left that decision up to local districts.
Murphy urged residents to be judicious when heading into crowded indoor spaces, situations involving close contact with those unvaccinated or where the vaccine status of others is unknown places such as restaurants, stores and theaters across North Jersey.