PM to decide on mandatory face coverings within ‘next few days’ – and wants Britons back at work
We have a splurge of statements from the prime minister. Boris Johnson has said the government will make an announcement “in the next few days” on whether face coverings should be mandatory in shops.
“Yes, face coverings, I think people should be wearing in shops, and in terms of how we do that – whether we will be making that mandatory or not – we will be looking at the guidance, we will be saying a little bit more in the next few days,” the PM said during a visit to the London Ambulance Service.
Johnson also said people “should start to think about getting back to work” if their employers have made their workplaces safe against coronavirus.
“What I want to see is people, who have been working from home for a long time, now talking to their employers, talking to their places of work, about the steps that have been taken and looking to come back to work in a safe way.”
The PM also said he will take a “staycation” this year, and encouraged people to holiday at home. “This country is uniquely blessed with fantastic places to holiday, whether coastal or otherwise,” he said. “And I am certainly going to be doing that, but I won’t necessarily tell you where at this stage.”
