Boca Raton issues emergency order, recommending people wear face coverings in public

Boca Raton is urging people to wear face coverings in public to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ORDER..ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WEARFACE MASKS IN SOME PUBLICPLACES.

W-P-T-V NEWSCHANNEL5'S DAVE BOHMAN HAS MORE ONTHE ORDER, AND WHAT IT MEANS.<< LIKE MOST CITIES IN PALMBEACH COUNTY, BOCA RATON HASPEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AND AREWEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASKS.“ PROBABLY ABOUT 60 PERCENT”MADELINE MALEC SERVES TAKE OUTNOODLES TO CUSTOMERS ANDCHARITIES ALONG MIZNER PARK.“THE YOUNGER TEENAGED, YOUNGER20ARE NOT WEARING MASKS BUTOLDER PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN AREWEARING MASKS” THE CITYMAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SEEEVERYONE WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC,ESPECIALLY THOSE IN STILLCROWDED PLACES LIKESUPERMARKETS.“ ALL OF OUREMERGENCY ORDERS ARE DESIGNEDTO PROMOTE SAFETY AMONGRESIDENTS” SCOTT SINGER SAYSBOCA RATON CALLS THE EMERGENCYORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE WEARPROTECTIVE FACE MASKS A STRONGSUGGESTION.“NEW YORK CITY ISFINING PEOPLE WHO FAIL TOPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING$500.

I ASKED MAYOR SCOTTSINGER IF BOCA RATON HAD ANYPLANS TO WRITE CITATIONS ORFINE PEOPLE”“I DONPEOPLE SHOULD FOCUS ON WHETHEROR NOT THEYTO JAIL.

THEY SHOULD BEFOCUSED ON HOW THEY CANPROTECT THEMSELVES BYFOLLOWING CDC GUIDELINES" THEEMERGENCY ORDER IS NOT AMANDATE&AND ACCORDING TO THEMAYOR - OFFICIALS SAY THAT IFEVERYONE WEARS MASKS IN PUBLICPLACES, A MANDATE WILL NOT BENECESSARY.

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