Iran’s President raises prospect of compulsory wearing of face masks in public

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Iran is considering making it mandatory within days to wear masks in public places and covered spaces, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, as the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to rise above 200,000.

“Mainly for crowded and covered areas…we may make (masks) compulsory in a week, more or less. But first plenty of inexpensive masks should be made available for the people,” Rouhani said in remarks broadcast by state television.

Rouhani said provinces with high-risk areas will be able to impose restrictions at a local level in the fight against the virus, but that any decisions still had to be approved by the Health Ministry and the president.

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