Mask Mandate Returns to National Park in New Jersey

A requirement to wear face masks indoors has been reinstated at a New Jersey national park after an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the area.

People wearing face masks walk on the street in a file photo. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times

An indoor mask mandate has been reimposed at the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey’s Monmouth County, amid an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the area, per a statement on the park’s website.

The decision to reinstate the mask mandate was made after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID-19 hospital admissions were high in Monmouth County.