Boris Johnson says stricter face masks rules could soon be brought in

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coronavirus.Mr Johnson told an online question and answer session: “As we get the numbers down in the way that we have and we really stamp out outbreaks in the way that we are, I do think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don’t normally meet.“We are looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where there is a risk of transmission.”The Prime Minister said expert opinion on face coverings had shifted over the course of the pandemic.“The balance of scientific opinion seems to have shifted more in favour of them than it was.