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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And it is Tuesday, November 10th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Monday,

bars and restaurants must halt indoor dining from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Thursday in an attempt to control a resurgence of the

coronavirus. We need to change our mindset. We need to shake off the pandemic fatigue that we all feel

Murphy said at a news conference in Trenton yesterday. Take out and outdoor dining may continue past

10 p.m. Another change allows restaurants to seat tables closer than six feet apart if there is a barrier. He also said that all indoor interstate athletic events will be prohibited.

This is not forever and always. We basically have a six-month window to beat the virus into the ground, he said.

Barn restaurant owners say they have taken a lot of

precautions, but are bracing themselves for cold weather and even more restrictions. For restaurants that

have finally seen a decent turnout at their socially distance bars, it will be frustrating to now

have to turn people away again. The new restrictions come as the coronavirus rate of the infection,

and the number of cases climbs higher in New Jersey and

across the country over the past seven days and average of about 2,000 people per day have been

infected by the virus up from a rate of 370 per day in August. Murphy said the state is

entering a second wave of the outbreak which has led to a death toll of 14,629 people since the pandemic began.

Health officials have said that indoor settings make it easier for the virus to spread

compared with outdoors, and Murphy has long promised to return to closures if the virus caseload

spiked again. During the hours, they are allowed to be open bars and restaurants will be

subject to indoor dining restriction capacity of 25%. Do you know why 10 o'clock how they arrived at 10 o'clock is the

time to shut things down uh no the no why it's you said 10 to 5 a.m and i was like i assume that's

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