Face covering and masks

Dr. Robert Lahita of St. Joseph's Health in New Jersey said he sees vaccine mandates for children as unnecessary

This edition of the WBGO features an update on mask mandates in both NJ and New York, a tribute to the late Barry Harris and Harlan Jacobson's review of Westside Story

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New York's new governor also said she will do more to localize the state's vaccination operations.

A lawyer representing a group of N.J. parents suing over school masking policies is vowing to fight Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest executive order to require them this fall.

WBGO's Doug Doyle reports on Governor Murphy's briefing in East Brunswick

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy announced that students, faculty, staff, and visitors will be required to mask up when schools reopen in September.

Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean counties have experienced substantial spread of COVID-19 in the last week, and would fall under the CDC’s new masking guidance.

He urged the unvaccinated to do the right thing, saying this "is not license to be a knucklehead."

WBGO's Doug Doyle has the latest on how New York City and New Jersey are handling the coronavirus pandemic when so many other states are seeing a surge in…