Coronavirus: Who Should Wear A Face Mask Or Face Covering?
Face coverings are to grow to be obligatory for people utilizing public transport in England from Monday 15 June.
Also, all hospital visitors and outpatients will have to wear face coverings and all staff should wear surgical masks always, in all areas.
Face coverings are already recommended in some enclosed areas - like public transport and shops - when social distancing isn't possible.
What are the new guidelines?
The move to obligatory face coverings on buses, trains, ferries and planes, and the new guidelines for hospitals, will coincide with an extra easing of lockdown restrictions.
From 15 June, ministers want more non-essential retailers to open and a few secondary school pupils to return to classes. This might put more pressure on public transport, and make social distancing more difficult.
The government has careworn that folks ought to:
Proceed working from home if they'll do so
Avoid public transport if they can't work from dwelling
Keep away from the rush hour in the event that they have to take public transport
Some passengers shall be exempt from the new rules:
Younger children
Disabled people
These with breathing difficulties
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said passengers ought to wear "the form of face covering you can easily make at house". Surgical masks needs to be saved for medical uses.
He told BBC News that while scientists aren't in full agreement about face coverings, "we think it's value doing completely everything potential" to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
How will the new guidelines be enforced?
Mr Shapps said it could be a "situation of travel" to wear a face covering and people might be refused travel - and even fined - in the event that they did not comply with the rules.
He said British Transport Police would implement the regulation if crucial - but he hoped most travellers would comply.
Details of the principles will probably be displayed at stations. Transport workers will even wear face coverings, and volunteer marshals, known as "journey makers", will give advice.
What is the current advice?
Till now the government advice in England has said you should wear face coverings:
On public transport and in some shops, the place social distancing can't be observed
In different enclosed areas the place you come into contact with others you don't normally meet
It additionally stresses that personal face coverings:
Do not replace social distancing - which should nonetheless be noticed
Should not be confused with surgical masks or respirators, which should be left for healthcare staff and different workers who need them
Should not be worn by very young children or individuals who have problems breathing while wearing a face covering
What about the rest of the UK?
In Scotland, it is suggested that you just consider utilizing face coverings in limited circumstances - equivalent to public transport - as a precautionary measure.
In Northern Ireland, individuals should have face coverings in enclosed areas for short durations of time, where social distancing shouldn't be possible.
At present, the Welsh government does not ask for individuals to wear non-clinical face coverings - saying it is a "matter of personal selection".
Why would not everyone wear a mask now?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on wearing face masks, previously only recommending them for people who are sick and showing signs and those caring for individuals suspected to have coronavirus.
It now recommends that non-medical face coverings ought to be worn on public transport and in some enclosed work environments.
It additionally advises that healthcare workers ought to wear medical masks when providing any patient care.
Individuals over 60 and people with undermendacity health situations, the WHO says, should wear medical masks when social distancing can't be achieved.
Also, all hospital visitors and outpatients will have to wear face coverings and all staff should wear surgical masks always, in all areas.
Face coverings are already recommended in some enclosed areas - like public transport and shops - when social distancing isn't possible.
What are the new guidelines?
The move to obligatory face coverings on buses, trains, ferries and planes, and the new guidelines for hospitals, will coincide with an extra easing of lockdown restrictions.
From 15 June, ministers want more non-essential retailers to open and a few secondary school pupils to return to classes. This might put more pressure on public transport, and make social distancing more difficult.
The government has careworn that folks ought to:
Proceed working from home if they'll do so
Avoid public transport if they can't work from dwelling
Keep away from the rush hour in the event that they have to take public transport
Some passengers shall be exempt from the new rules:
Younger children
Disabled people
These with breathing difficulties
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said passengers ought to wear "the form of face covering you can easily make at house". Surgical masks needs to be saved for medical uses.
He told BBC News that while scientists aren't in full agreement about face coverings, "we think it's value doing completely everything potential" to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
How will the new guidelines be enforced?
Mr Shapps said it could be a "situation of travel" to wear a face covering and people might be refused travel - and even fined - in the event that they did not comply with the rules.
He said British Transport Police would implement the regulation if crucial - but he hoped most travellers would comply.
Details of the principles will probably be displayed at stations. Transport workers will even wear face coverings, and volunteer marshals, known as "journey makers", will give advice.
What is the current advice?
Till now the government advice in England has said you should wear face coverings:
On public transport and in some shops, the place social distancing can't be observed
In different enclosed areas the place you come into contact with others you don't normally meet
It additionally stresses that personal face coverings:
Do not replace social distancing - which should nonetheless be noticed
Should not be confused with surgical masks or respirators, which should be left for healthcare staff and different workers who need them
Should not be worn by very young children or individuals who have problems breathing while wearing a face covering
What about the rest of the UK?
In Scotland, it is suggested that you just consider utilizing face coverings in limited circumstances - equivalent to public transport - as a precautionary measure.
In Northern Ireland, individuals should have face coverings in enclosed areas for short durations of time, where social distancing shouldn't be possible.
At present, the Welsh government does not ask for individuals to wear non-clinical face coverings - saying it is a "matter of personal selection".
Why would not everyone wear a mask now?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on wearing face masks, previously only recommending them for people who are sick and showing signs and those caring for individuals suspected to have coronavirus.
It now recommends that non-medical face coverings ought to be worn on public transport and in some enclosed work environments.
It additionally advises that healthcare workers ought to wear medical masks when providing any patient care.
Individuals over 60 and people with undermendacity health situations, the WHO says, should wear medical masks when social distancing can't be achieved.
