TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One among New Jersey’s last COVID-19 restrictions ended on Tuesday as officers permitted a decision to finish a masks requirement within the statehouse.
The State Capitol Joint Administration Fee, which oversees the constructing the place the Legislature works, permitted a measure to right away finish the masks mandate. The decision additionally requires the elimination of any indicators posted all through the complicated concerning the masks requirement and terminates “enhanced cleansing companies” that had been required since Might 2020.
It is among the many last masks mandates within the state to fall. Some faculty districts are nonetheless requiring masks. They’re additionally required on New Jersey Transit buses and trains.
The choice comes as New Jersey’s COVID-19 traits fall from highs through the holidays.
The fee voted final month to finish a requirement for guests to the statehouse to indicate proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or a adverse take a look at. Republicans who disagreed with that mandate defied it throughout votes in December. Initially stopped by state police from going into the Meeting chamber, they have been ultimately allowed to enter.
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