New face covering laws are already masked in confusion amid fears for shop workers’ safety. For retailers revealed growing concerns over how Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mandatory face mask rules in stores would be enforced without putting frontline staff at risk.
While supermarkets have indicated they will advise customers that the mouth and nose coverings are a must-wear from Friday, there was still a massive muddle over how to impose the rules.
Most said they were taking a softly-softly approach with posters at store entrances reminding shoppers it was compulsory to wear a face mask but without any heavy handed actions to back it up.
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