Premier Gladys Berejiklian is standing firm on the state’s advisory face mask stance amid calls from the Opposition to mandate mask-wearing on public transport. Data from Service NSW yesterday indicated 65 per cent of travellers were already wearing masks across Sydney’s public transport network, however, Transport NSW reported only about 30 per cent of users were wearing masks.
The report comes after NSW Health revealed a commuter may have contracted the coronavirus from another passenger during a bus ride on August 20. The Premier said she did not want to mandate masks due to the complexity of the laws and was concerned it would encourage people to become complacent in other areas. NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay urged the government to change the health advice tweeting, “enough is enough. It’s time to mandate face masks on public transport”.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
GladysB 6% Gladys.....what a joke. Get that QLD Hack to open the borders.....Just remember when this blows up you don't want to Daniel Andrews.....
GladysB Well done Gladys 👏🏻👏🏻 let people choose for themselves. Healthy people do not need to wear masks.
GladysB If it was Victoria you would have called it dictatorship. Newscorp: LNP PROPAGANDA MOUTHPIECE.
GladysB What is the reason why the opposition is so adamant on face masks? Is there medical advice?
GladysB Good on her. No science in masking healthy people and horrible for the environment
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GladysB Good.
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