Teaching unions have seized on 11th-hour demands for Boris Johnson to introduce face masks in schools after Nicola Sturgeon said she was preparing to make them compulsory, risking another row just days before schools are due to reopen. The First Minister announced yesterday she plans to require face coverings in corridors and shared areas at Scotland’s … Read more
Face coverings are now mandatory in shops and supermarkets across England. Under new rules introduced by the Government today, people will need to cover their nose and mouth or face a fine of up to £100. People with certain disabilities will be exempt. This comes after rules requiring people to wear face coverings on public transport … Read more
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Costa Coffee have said they will not police new coronavirus laws which force customers to wear face masks in all shops from today. The major retailers say they have no intention of enforcing new rules which will punish people who refuse to cover their faces with a £100 fine. Government guidance published … Read more
Britons could have to wear facemasks in sandwich shops under new legislation set to be introduced tomorrow – but thousands of stores will not enforce the new rules. No10 may be set to perform its latest U-turn on facial coverings after confusion and mixed messages from ministers over whether customers will have to wear masks in takeaways. … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan predicts facemasks will become the ‘new normal’ for a YEAR as he makes them compulsory on the capital’s transport network Protective face coverings are compulsory on all public transport from Monday Free masks were handed out in their thousands on buses and trains in England 3,000 more police took to the … Read more
Making the wearing of facemasks compulsory could slow the spread of Covid-19 cases by as much as 40 per cent, a new study has today suggested. The study, in Germany, examined the growth rate of cases in regions across the country in the days following the introduction of masks in shops and on public transport. … Read more
Britons will soon be told to wear masks at work, in shops and on public transport in a new move to stop the spread of coronavirus, it was claimed today. The Government’s top scientific experts met on Tuesday to discuss the issue of masks and are expected to issue new guidance as soon as this … Read more
Britons will soon be told to wear masks at work, in shops and on public transport in a new move to stop the spread of coronavirus, it was claimed today. The Government’s top scientific experts met on Tuesday to discuss the issue of masks and are expected to issue new guidance as soon as this … Read more
Experts are calling on Britons to wear DIY facemasks whenever they go outside in a move they claim could ‘wipe out coronavirus’ nationwide. Homemade masks have been the focus of intense debate, but one Oxford University professor yesterday said Britain could eradicate the virus if ’80 to 90 per cent’ of the population wore them … Read more
Dark-web drug dealers turn to selling face masks and unregistered testing kits in bid to cash in on coronavirus pandemic Drug dealers are selling 1,000 boxes of facemasks for £3,000 on dark web They are also selling drugs ‘for COVID-19’ which they warn are ‘very potent’ Illegal drug sales have gone down amid social distancing … Read more