DG: Face masks may be compulsory once out of home

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Published On: 2020-08-15

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It may be compulsory for the public to wear face masks when they leave their homes.

"But masks must be made available to the needy first. Everyone must have excess to a face mask," Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said at an engagement session with the media on Wednesday.

The authorities have already announced that face masks will be compulsory at public and crowded areas from Aug 1.

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