Nearly two dozen lifeguards from two separate beach patrols on Long Beach Island have tested positive for COVID-19 following after-hours social gatherings earlier this month, according to Island health officials. Beaches in both communities will remain fully staffed while the impacted lifeguards are quarantined.
Eleven Harvey Cedars lifeguards and 12 of their counterparts in Surf City have tested positive for the coronavirus, Dan Krupinski, health officer for the LBI Health Department, said…
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