New Jersey Relaxes Coronavirus Restrictions Allowing Nonessential Retailers To Open Next Week
Drive-in and drive-through events, including movie screenings and religious services, would be first to return, with restrictions lifting immediately upon Murphy’s expected signing of an executive order later Wednesday. Next week, construction workers and nonessential retail employees will be permitted to return to work under new guidelines that take effect May 18 starting at 6 a.m. “The data that we are seeing gives us confidence that we can begin the careful and responsible restart of our economy to get people back to work and to begin to set the stage for the steps to come,” Murphy said during a Wednesday news conference....