With the lifting of mask mandates in school a week away, children also will be able to ditch their masks on school buses, said Gov. Phil Murphy Monday. “The only mandate New Jersey has on masking is in schools and that will be lifted in a week,” he said after an event in Glen Ridge. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines late Friday afternoon for communities where the coronavirus is declining, with the focus less on positive tests and more on hospital numbers. Healthy people in areas considered at “low” and “medium” risk are no longer recommended to wear m…
