{"id":150879,"date":"2020-08-12T22:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T22:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/brussels-region-makes-masks-mandatory\/"},"modified":"2020-08-12T22:20:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T22:20:36","slug":"brussels-region-makes-masks-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/brussels-region-makes-masks-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels region makes masks mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People will have to wear face masks that cover their mouths and noses in public across the entire Brussels capital region as of Wednesday, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/rudivervoort.brussels\/news_\/het-dragen-van-een-mondmasker-wordt-verplicht-vanaf-vandaag-op-heel-het-brussels-grondgebied\/?lang=nl\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rudi Vervoort, the regions minister-president, said in a statement Brussels had reached the critical threshold of 50 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants per day for the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Police checks will be ramped up to ensure citizens comply with the new measures, notes the decree, which was agreed by the mayors of all 19 Brussels municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking this decision \u2026 because a large number of experts are behind this measure, but also because it has become clear to us that it is particularly difficult in a densely populated area such as the Brussels region to adapt to a different rule every time from one street to another, from municipality to municipality,\u201d Vervoort said.<\/p>\n<p>While masks were previously only mandatory on public transport and shops, they will now be compulsory in all public spaces, and in private places that are accessible to the public. 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