After mixed messages from Downing Street, police in England will now be able to fine people £100 ($191) for flouting the new rules.
Johnson's government until now recommended - but did not require - mask-wearing in stores. The Prime Minister, who earlier this year spent a week in hospital being treated for COVID-19, was not seen in public in a mask until Friday, when he suggested that the government was considering “stricter” rules for mask use.
On Sunday, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove suggested that no government order was required, saying he trusted people to use “common sense.”
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