Tag: face mask

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecuador back to mandatory masks in indoor settings

  

  The wearing of facemasks in indoor settings has been reinstated in Ecuador due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases such as influenza, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 19:05 UTC

  Face masks no longer required in Argentina

  

  Argentina's health authorities have decided that the wearing of face masks is no longer mandatory in any indoor setting, it was announced.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 17:54 UTC

  Russia decrees “soft” quarantine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading

  

  Russian health authorities decreed a shutdown from Oct. 28 to Nov. 7 in a move to curb COVID-19 infections, it was announced, after 1,036 deaths in the last 24 hours were reported.

• Friday, August 6th 2021 - 22:13 UTC

  “We need to make people feel safe in public transport, mask wearing should be compulsory,” London mayor

  

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan is lobbying the UK government to make mask-wearing on the Underground mandatory and required by law, which will make people feel safe travelling on public transportation.

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  German ruling coalition lawmakers resign for brokering face mask procurement deal

  

  Lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling party and coalition had to declare by writing that they hadn't received money for consulting or procurement related to the Covid 19 situation, following claims several of them were involved in face mask purchases. Party officials said that all 240 conservative lawmakers had sent back their declaration as requested.

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Chilean president fined US$ 3,500 after posing for a selfie without a face mask

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera was slapped with a US$ 3,500 fine on Friday after posing for a selfie on the beach with a bystander without wearing a mask as required during the coronavirus pandemic, health authorities said.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Multi-faiths event sees Pope Francis wear a face mask for the first time at a public function

  

  Pope Francis wore a mask for the first time at a public function on Tuesday when he and other religious leaders attended a prayer service for peace around the world. The pope wore a white mask during the service at the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Previously he wore masks only in a car taking him to his weekly audiences in the Vatican.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:05 UTC

  Angela Merkel wears a face mask in the Bundesrat

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first public appearance wearing a mask on Friday after dismissing accusations of hypocrisy earlier this week for not wearing one.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Federal Judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public

  

  A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the coronavirus containment measures in place in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazilian education minister fined US$ 385 for not wearing a face mask at a Bolsonaro support rally

  

  Brazil's education minister has been fined for failing to wear a face mask at a rally for President Jair Bolsonaro, who has himself repeatedly flouted Brasilia's masks-in-public rule amid the coronavirus pandemic.