Indoor public spaces
Face coverings must legally be worn whilst in indoor public spaces from Saturday 13 February 2021.
These indoor public spaces include but are not limited to:
- Shops
- Supermarkets
- Pharmacies
- Banks
- Post Offices
- Petrol Stations
- Airport Terminal
- Harbour Terminal
- GP Surgeries
- Princess Elizabeth Hospital
- Dental Surgeries
- Health Clinics and Allied Health Services
- Residential and Nursing Homes
- Crematoriums and Funeral Directors’ Premises
Public transport includes buses and taxis.
Face coverings will be worn in schools in line with advice provided by Public Health, which strongly recommends they be worn where appropriate by secondary age students and adults.
Outdoor public spaces
In addition to the above legal requirement, we would continue to strongly advise face coverings to be worn in outside spaces too, although we recognise that it is simply not practical to do so when you are exercising heavily.
It is strongly recommended that you wear a face covering if you are out exercising or undertaking other recreational activities in urbanised areas or in areas where other people are undertaking recreational activities.
If you are exercising in an isolated area with no other people around you do not need to wear a face covering, but you should have one readily available to put on if you see another person. Hands should be washed/sanitised before face coverings are touched.
You do not need to wear a face covering in your own car.