TRENTON - New Jersey is urging its residents to resume mask-wearing in certain indoor settings after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated mask-wearing guidance amid a spike in new COVID-19 infections propelled by the Delta variant."Our metrics are trending in the wrong direction, and new data suggests the Delta variant is more transmissible even among vaccinated individuals, which is why we are making this strong recommendation," Gov.
Phil Murphy said in a joint-statement with Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli. Residents are being asked to re-mask if they find themselves in crowded indoor settings, including indoor spaces where people are unvaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.