Ocean City's Manco & Manco Gradually Reopens After COVID Closures

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Manco & Manco Pizza is gradually opening its three boardwalk shops following last week's coronavirus closures. The pizzeria reopened its 9th Street location and will soon restart operations at its 12th Street shop.

Manco & Manco temporarily closed all three boardwalk shops after three employees tested positive for COVID-19. Two of the employees were asymptomatic. All three are quarantining for 14 days.

The Cape May County Board of Health didn't require them to close, according to Manco & Manco. But all employees who worked with the three staff members must get tested before returning to work.

Test results for their staff of more than 200 only yielded one positive case. The employee shows no symptoms and is self-quarantining for 14 days.

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Meanwhile, Manco & Manco will continue requiring customers to wear masks.

"Please do your part in keeping our team safe as well," the business wrote Sunday on social media. "We know that masks are uncomfortable and that for many it's a touchy subject, but at our establishment, masks must be worn when interacting with our employees."

The county health department has reported six active coronavirus cases, 46 cleared off quarantine and three deaths in Ocean City as of Tuesday morning.

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