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The NI Executive plan to make face coverings mandatory indoor in certain settings including shops from 20 August as part of measures to help slow the spread of Covid-19. The public will be encouraged to wear face coverings from the start of August.
At present it is mandatory to wear them while traveling on public transport.
Executive Ministers today agreed to legislate to take the power to make the use of face coverings mandatory in a number of indoor settings though it will not be implemented immediately.
A publicity campaign will encourage the wearing of face coverings, and the Executive will consider the impact of this campaign at its meeting on August 20. If there has not been a significant increase in the use of face coverings by this stage, the Executive will implement the power to make this mandatory.
