COVID mask mandates: Three Monmouth and Ocean County hospitals bring them back
Three hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties are among those that have begun to require employees and visitors wear masks after seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases, officials said Wednesday, a reminder that the public health emergency is over, but the virus continues to be a threat.
Hackensack Meridian Health said it made the move at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Ocean University Medical Center in Brick and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford, where there has been an increase in cases at the facilities and in the community.
The Edison-based hospital network also mandated masks at Old Bridge Medical Center in Middlesex County and Carrier Clinic in Montgomery Township, Somerset County. And it is strongly encouraging employees and visitors to wear masks at its other hospitals.
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