{"id":16682,"date":"2020-07-08T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=16682"},"modified":"2020-07-08T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:43:09","slug":"murphy-expected-to-order-masks-be-worn-outdoors-hints-at-boardwalk-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/07\/murphy-expected-to-order-masks-be-worn-outdoors-hints-at-boardwalk-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy Expected to Order Masks be Worn OUTDOORS, Hints At Boardwalk Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Phil Murphy, wearing a mask, runs a press briefing in June. (Pool Photo: Jose Moreno, The Philadelphia Inquirer)<\/p><\/div>\n

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said on a cable talk show Wednesday morning that he will \u201cturn up a notch\u201d the state\u2019s mask-wearing rules and require them to be worn outdoors in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n

Murphy hinted at such a rule over the weekend while calling for a nationwide mask policy to combat the spread of coronavirus, but said directly on the MSNBC show \u201cMorning Joe\u201d that he would order them to be worn outdoors. Murphy hosts a coronavirus news conference every afternoon and is expected to make an announcement then. Typically, copies of executive orders codifying the verbal announcement are sent to the press later in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no question that face coverings are game-changers \u2026 I think we were the first state in America to require them indoors,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been strongly recommended out-of-doors. We\u2019re gonna turn that up a notch today and say, We\u2019re gonna ask you: \u2018If you can\u2019t socially distance, it\u2019s gonna be required.'\u201d<\/p>\n

Murphy admitted an outdoor mask order would be \u201charder to enforce\u201d than the current policy, which requires masks to be worn inside businesses. Like his other recent orders stopping restaurants from reopening indoor dining and restrictions placed on eating and drinking in casinos, Murphy cited an uptick in other cases \u2013 not New Jersey, which has continually seen virus metrics drop \u2013 under the reasoning that policies that were too light in those other states spurred the rash of cases. One metric, the transmission rate of coronavirus for those already infected, grew slightly to 1 from 0.7 previously in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

He was asked by one of the show\u2019s hosts if a person could face being issued a ticket by walking without a mask on one of the state\u2019s famed boardwalks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re there by yourself or with your family, the answer is no,\u201d he replied. \u201cBut if you\u2019re congregating with a lot of other folks and there\u2019s no social distancing, you\u2019re gonna at least get a warning, if not something stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is unknown how the new mandate will affect beaches, boating, outdoor dining or other activities. But the statement does indicate the order will be enforced with monetary fines and summonses issued by police.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the coalition of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut officials added three more states to a list of those where people must quarantine themselves for 14-days after visiting, bringing the total number of states on the list to 19. The newest three states includes New Jersey\u2019s neighbor, Delaware.<\/p>\n

Though the regulations will likely be published later today, Murphy said on the show that masks would be required outdoors where social distancing isn\u2019t possible, generally interpreted to mean when six feet of distance is not available between one\u2019s self and another person.<\/p>\n

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said on a cable talk show Wednesday morning that he will \u201cturn up a notch\u201d the state\u2019s mask-wearing rules and require them to be worn outdoors in certain circumstances. Murphy hinted at such a rule over the weekend while calling for a nationwide mask policy to combat the spread of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,4109,4108,942,2301,4110,4111,2921],"class_list":["post-16682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-facemask","tag-mask","tag-new-jersey","tag-nj","tag-outdoors","tag-outside","tag-phil-murphy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jose-Moreno-Murphy156217.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-4l4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}