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| − | Face masks will become compulsory in all stores from next week.<br>Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus].<br>Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.<br>Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.<br>Instead, police will be given powers to dish out fines.<br>The law will require people to wear simple cloth face coverings, rather than the medical grade masks used by front-line NHS workers. <br> Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of coronavirus.<br><br>Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask during the Coronavirus while campaigning in his Uxbridge constituency<br> Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.<br><br>Pictured: Members of the public wear face masks as they shop on Princess Street, Edinburgh<br> Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.<br><br>Pictured: Pedestrians pass a John Lewis store in central London<br> Masks are already compulsory on public transport and the Prime Minister hinted on Friday that the Government is poised to extend the requirement to retail premises to help control the virus spread<br>The Daily Mail revealed yesterday that the Government has procured ten factory production lines capable of making five million masks a week.<br>Face coverings have been compulsory on public transport since June 15 and, last Friday, Scotland ordered shoppers to wear them.<br>Government sources said guidance on masks in other settings would be ‘kept under review'.<br>The government's move to make face mask compulsory comes as:<br>The UK announced 11 more [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] deaths in the preliminary daily toll, taking the total number of victims to 44,840;More than 100 outbreaks of coronavirus in schools, businesses and pubs are 'swiftly and silently' being dealt with every week across the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed;The drive to bring workers back to the office from coronavirus lockdown hit a roadblock after some of country's biggest firms said only 40 per cent will return from home;Councils in England are preparing to make significant cuts in jobs and services after losing income on | + | Face masks will become compulsory in all stores from next week.<br>Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus].<br>Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.<br>Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.<br>Instead, police will be given powers to dish out fines.<br>The law will require people to wear simple cloth face coverings, rather than the medical grade masks used by front-line NHS workers. <br> Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of coronavirus.<br><br>Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask during the Coronavirus while campaigning in his Uxbridge constituency<br> Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.<br><br>Pictured: Members of the public wear face masks as they shop on Princess Street, Edinburgh<br> Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.<br><br>Pictured: Pedestrians pass a John Lewis store in central London<br> Masks are already compulsory on public transport and [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô tự lái theo tháng] the Prime Minister hinted on Friday that the Government is poised to extend the requirement to retail premises to help control the virus spread<br>The Daily Mail revealed yesterday that the Government has procured ten factory production lines capable of making five million masks a week.<br>Face coverings have been compulsory on public transport since June 15 and, last Friday, [http://www.exeideas.com/?s=Scotland Scotland] ordered shoppers to wear them.<br>Government sources said guidance on masks in other settings would be ‘kept under review'.<br>The government's move to make face mask compulsory comes as:<br>The UK announced 11 more [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] deaths in the preliminary daily toll, taking the total number of victims to 44,840;More than 100 outbreaks of coronavirus in schools, businesses and pubs are 'swiftly and silently' being dealt with every week across the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed;The drive to bring workers back to the office from coronavirus lockdown hit a roadblock after some of country's biggest firms said only 40 per cent will return from home;Councils in England are preparing to make significant cuts in jobs and services after losing income on investments in airports, cinemas and offices amid the coronavirus pandemic;British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is preparing to launch human trials of an antibody treatment that could protect old and vulnerable people from coronavirus;Beauty salons, nail bars and tattoo shops in England opened the first time in four months as part of the latest relaxation of lockdown restrictions;Immunity to Covid-19 might be lost within months, according to research that suggests the virus could infect people on an annual basis, like the flu.The move may anger those who find them uncomfortable or dislike the idea of state compulsion.<br>One libertarian Tory MP has already vowed to stop shopping rather than wear a mask. <br>But Boris Johnson yesterday said they were important in confined spaces as ‘a kind of extra insurance'.<br>A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from coronavirus. <br> <br> A further 21 people have died from coronavirus in 24 hours bringing the UK's total death toll to 44,819 <br> RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8517851/Four-workers-escape-coronavirus-hit-vegetable-farm-Herefordshire.html Hunt for the Covid-3: Workers - including one who tested...] [/news/article-8516741/Boris-Johnson-Michael-Gove-clash-face-masks-shops.html The masked balls-up: Boris Johnson finally says people...] <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>‘The Prime Minister has been clear that people should be [https://www.sportsblog.com/search?search=wearing wearing] face coverings in shops and we will make this mandatory from July 24.'<br>The move follows days of confusion about the Government's stance on the issue.<br>On Sunday, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said that while it was ‘basic good manners' to wear masks in shops it would not be made compulsory.<br>He said it was ‘always better to trust to people's common sense'.<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-0bb90fe0-c54e-11ea-a274-775e630f9a71" website to fine shoppers without a face covering £100 from July 24 |
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Face masks will become compulsory in all stores from next week.
Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus].
Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.
Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.
Instead, police will be given powers to dish out fines.
The law will require people to wear simple cloth face coverings, rather than the medical grade masks used by front-line NHS workers.
Shoppers who fail to comply risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of coronavirus.
Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask during the Coronavirus while campaigning in his Uxbridge constituency
Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.
Pictured: Members of the public wear face masks as they shop on Princess Street, Edinburgh
Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.
Pictured: Pedestrians pass a John Lewis store in central London
Masks are already compulsory on public transport and thuê xe ô tô tự lái theo tháng the Prime Minister hinted on Friday that the Government is poised to extend the requirement to retail premises to help control the virus spread
The Daily Mail revealed yesterday that the Government has procured ten factory production lines capable of making five million masks a week.
Face coverings have been compulsory on public transport since June 15 and, last Friday, Scotland ordered shoppers to wear them.
Government sources said guidance on masks in other settings would be ‘kept under review'.
The government's move to make face mask compulsory comes as:
The UK announced 11 more [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] deaths in the preliminary daily toll, taking the total number of victims to 44,840;More than 100 outbreaks of coronavirus in schools, businesses and pubs are 'swiftly and silently' being dealt with every week across the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed;The drive to bring workers back to the office from coronavirus lockdown hit a roadblock after some of country's biggest firms said only 40 per cent will return from home;Councils in England are preparing to make significant cuts in jobs and services after losing income on investments in airports, cinemas and offices amid the coronavirus pandemic;British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is preparing to launch human trials of an antibody treatment that could protect old and vulnerable people from coronavirus;Beauty salons, nail bars and tattoo shops in England opened the first time in four months as part of the latest relaxation of lockdown restrictions;Immunity to Covid-19 might be lost within months, according to research that suggests the virus could infect people on an annual basis, like the flu.The move may anger those who find them uncomfortable or dislike the idea of state compulsion.
One libertarian Tory MP has already vowed to stop shopping rather than wear a mask.
But Boris Johnson yesterday said they were important in confined spaces as ‘a kind of extra insurance'.
A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from coronavirus.
A further 21 people have died from coronavirus in 24 hours bringing the UK's total death toll to 44,819
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‘The Prime Minister has been clear that people should be wearing face coverings in shops and we will make this mandatory from July 24.'
The move follows days of confusion about the Government's stance on the issue.
On Sunday, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said that while it was ‘basic good manners' to wear masks in shops it would not be made compulsory.
He said it was ‘always better to trust to people's common sense'.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox news floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-0bb90fe0-c54e-11ea-a274-775e630f9a71" website to fine shoppers without a face covering £100 from July 24
