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Avalon beach patrol chief says about 25 guards quarantining after a party led to at least one testing positive

Ventnor and Ocean City beach patrols also report lifeguards in quarantine; Long Beach Island officials have traced 35 cases to a party attended by its lifeguards.

Avalon Beach Patrol lifeguard Zachary DeVoe (left) a 12-year veteran, and Alyssa Sittineri, 3 years, wait on May 20, 2020 as some of the guards get ready to run a mile for their certification, as the patrol looks ahead to Memorial Day (and beyond) during the coronavirus reality. Normally they do the run - and pick up their equipment for the year - on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. But this year they are staggering because of social distancing.The practice dummy has a name, but none of the guards could remember what is it.
Avalon Beach Patrol lifeguard Zachary DeVoe (left) a 12-year veteran, and Alyssa Sittineri, 3 years, wait on May 20, 2020 as some of the guards get ready to run a mile for their certification, as the patrol looks ahead to Memorial Day (and beyond) during the coronavirus reality. Normally they do the run - and pick up their equipment for the year - on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. But this year they are staggering because of social distancing.The practice dummy has a name, but none of the guards could remember what is it.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Amy S. Rosenberg
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