Govt brings back face masks

The latest Statutory Instrument (SI) published on Friday has made the wearing of face masks in public spaces and in public service vehicles and trains mandatory.

The SI, published by Vice-President and Health and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga, amends SI 67 of 2022 gazetted in June on COVID-19 lockdown measures.

The SI partly read: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Health (COVID-19 prevention, containment and treatment) (National Lockdown) (No 2) Order, 2020)… is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraphs (f) — (g) the wearing of face masks is mandatory —  (i) indoors at workplaces and places to which the public have access, or in public conveyances (taxis and commuter and other buses, public service vehicles, trains and aeroplanes carrying passengers).

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