BREAKING: Calgary makes masks mandatory in all indoor public buildings and vehicles
It means masks will be mandated in all City of Calgary buildings, buses, trains, taxis, malls and grocery stores. It applies to all members of the public and employees who are in public areas of buildings who are not able to properly distance. Masks also don’t need to be worn if a person is separated from another person by a shield or plastic barrier.The decision comes the day Alberta announced 141 new cases of COVID-19 across the province, 58 of which are in the Calgary Zone.
"I think Calgarians need to appreciate that without a significant move now, we might be spending Christmas or Thanksgiving alone in our houses,” said Evan Woolley, the Ward 8 councillor. Farkas said Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. Dr. Deena Hinshaw should be the one making a decision about mandatory masks, not council.
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