German city introduces face masks for shoppers as corona cases rise
For the last two weeks, states around Germany have closed schools, restaurants, bars and banned public gatherings as they try to tackle the outbreak but the number of cases and deaths is still rising fast.
“Jena has decided to introduce further steps to protect the population. In a week’s time, wearing mouth and nose protection in shops in Jena, on public transport and buildings with public traffic will be compulsory,” the town hall said in a statement. German officials have stressed now is not the time to loosen social distancing measures introduced more than two weeks ago but experts and politicians are already debating how Europe’s biggest economy will unwind the lockdown measures.
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