Coronavirus: Wearing of masks mandatory in Gambia amid fresh outbreaks

21 Juillet 2020

Banjul, Gambia, July  21 (Infosplusgabon) - Gambia has made wearing of face masks compulsory in all enclosed public spaces amid a fresh bout of Covid-19 outbreaks and the new law is expected to be enforced from Friday as the public is giving a week to start getting used to mask wearing.

On Monday that the West African nation on Saturday registered 15 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number recorded in a single day since the outbreak of global pandemic

According to the government, anyone found not wearing a mask in public after the week could land into trouble.

Ebrima G Sankareh, the government spokesperson, told journalists at a news conference that "Up to next Friday people should start now to develop the habit of mask wearing."

"Because you can be assured that by next Friday you will start having problem with the police if they see you on the streets without wearing mask, you have to explain."

He added: “It is now a law. It has been gazetted that mask wearing now is mandatory in The Gambia."

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