The chief medical officer of health in Nova Scotia defended the decision of the province to enforce the new mandatory face mask rule, stating that a strong compliance and enforcement approach is no longer needed for people to do the right thing.
The order was announced which required people to wear non-medical masks in most public indoor spaces.
Although the province has no fine structure in place for people who do not comply with the rule, a ticket of up to $1,000 could be issued under the Health Protection Act order.
The province has more than a million non-medical masks stockpiled and that a small portion of those has been available for people free of charge including at museums, libraries, transit, taxi providers, and homeless shelters.
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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/cloth-face-coverings-information.pdf