Topic: face masks

Since the re-introduction of mask mandates in September, there has been a notable rise in the number of disposable face coverings being indiscriminately dumped, the Department of Environmental Health has confirmed.

A new study, the largest of its kind, by a group of scientists from Yale, Stanford and UC Berkeley universities and other institutions has shown that masks, especially surgical masks, are effective at protecting against COVID-19.

The requirement for children over age 5 to wear a mask in school, if they cannot maintain a distance of 6 feet from others, runs counter to guidance offered by the World Health Organization and the Department of Education in England.

The Department of Vehicle and Drivers' Licensing (DVDL) advises the public that face masks are required at all its office locations, effective Monday, September 20.

Editor-in-chief Kevin Morales explains why businesses can ask you to wear a face mask to enter their stores.

Parents and teachers have welcomed the announcement that masks and social-distancing requirements are no longer necessary in local schools.

New COVID-19-suppression regulations, set to be announced today, will see the lifting of masks requirements for inside public places and changes to public-gathering limitations including weddings and funerals.

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