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New Jersey’s Reopening Hits Setback With Indoor Crowd Limit Slashed

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A social distancing sign is displayed on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on July 9.Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

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By Elise Young

August 3, 2020 at 5:06 PM UTC

Updated on

August 3, 2020 at 5:34 PM UTC

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New Jersey lowered its indoor crowd limit 75% to 25 people, setting back the most densely populated state’s reopening and raising the potential for other restrictions just a month before public schools are to reopen.

Governor Phil Murphy also mandated face coverings for 1.37 million pupils on school grounds, ratcheting up what had been a recommendation.