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New Jersey mask mandate: Murphy to drop school mask requirement, NYT report says

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TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey will soon no longer require students and school employees to wear masks, according to the New York Times.

The report adds that the mandate will go away the second week of March, marking the first time since the start of the pandemic that New Jersey Districts will be permitted to allow students and teachers to stop wearing masks.Murphy is expected to officially announce the change during his regularly scheduled COVID-19 briefing at 1 p.m.

You can watch his briefing live on FOX29.comBack in January, Murphy had announced that mandates for masks in schools and daycares would stay in place despite a looming expiration of the requirement.

At the time, he did not specify how much longer the mandate would stay in place. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | TwitterAdvertisement .

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