Face masks

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Face masks are now mandatory in all indoor venues and on public transport in Cyprus (Photo: Getty Images)

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Rules that require face masks to be worn indoors could be brought back (Photo: Getty Images)

Spain could bring back Covid face mask rules before summer holidays

A man runs past a discarded face mask. Picture: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

Face masks could cause 'environmental nightmare'

New Year’s Eve parties have been given the green light to go ahead in England (Photo: Getty Images)

New Year parties given green light in England as new restrictions ruled out

Face masks must be worn in shops and on public transport in England (Photo: Getty Images)

All the places you now have to wear a face mask in England - and where you don’t

Face coverings are now compulsory again in shops and on public transport in England as part of new measures aiming to prevent the spread of the new Covid Omicron variant (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Face masks and working from home 'could be reintroduced by mid-August' amid risi...

Boris Johnson has called for caution as most lockdown restrictions in England have been lifted (Getty Images)

Boris Johnson urges caution as most lockdown restrictions in England are lifted

Guidance is expected to recommend face masks be worn in enclosed and crowded indoor spaces, such as public transport (Photo: Getty Images)

Face masks still ‘expected’ to be worn in enclosed indoor areas after 19 July Fr...

A trip to the shops won’t look quite the same as it did pre-pandemic (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Shoppers at Gunwharf Quays in June 2020. Picture: Habibur Rahman

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Gunwharf Quays is preparing to reopen tomorrow.
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Face masks may not be required in indoor spaces during the summer months, a Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Face masks may not be required indoors over summer - according to Deputy Chief M...

The effectiveness of face masks lessens when they get wet, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other health experts have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Face masks become less effective in the rain - here’s what experts are saying

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The number of droplets was more than 1,000 times lower when wearing even a single layer cotton mask (Photo: Shutterstock)

Face masks are 'tremendously effective' at curbing the spread of Covid-19 - here...

Nightclubs will be shut once again, and face masks will be made compulsory in some spaces, after data showed new cases of coronavirus in the past week had more than doubled compared with three weeks ago (Photo: TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Italy is closing nightclubs and making face masks mandatory in areas close to ba...

New restrictions have been imposed on the island of Poros until 17 August (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Do children have to wear face masks on flights? (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Face masks must be worn in indoor venues like cinemas, galleries and places of worship from Saturday 8 August (Photo: Shutterstock)

You must soon wear a face mask in cinemas, museums and churches - here's the lat...

The mandatory wearing of face coverings in enclosed public spaces comes into force today.

Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Face masks become mandatory from today

A woman wears a face mask while shopping in Selfridges (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Face masks are now mandatory in shops in England - here's what you need to know

Shoppers wearing face masks in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, after the shopping hub reopened last month. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

Guidance to be released on wearing masks in takeaways
GUIDANCE is due to be published later today in a bid to clear confusion over where and when to wear face masks.
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic, talks with a paramedic as he visits the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust on July 13, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Stansall-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Boris Johnson announced on 12 July that face masks will become mandatory to wear in shops in England, from Friday 24 July (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how much you could be fined for not wearing a face mask in shops

Don’t be surprised if hotels ask you about your health history before you attend (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Face masks or coverings to be compulsory at QA

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A woman wears a protective face mask. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images

Should we be wearing face masks?

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