Reading Requires Masks, Face Coverings In Businesses

READING, MA — Health officials in Reading are requiring employees and customers of essential businesses to wear a facial covering when inside the building. The covering does not have to be a surgical mask or N-95 respirator and can be a fabric mask, scarf or bandana. The only requirement is it must cover the nose and mouth.

Delivery workers must also wear facial coverings if there is a person-to-person exchange. Residents are required to wear a mask in common areas of residential or commercial buildings that are greater than one unit.

Face coverings should not be placed on children younger than 2 years old or anyone who has trouble breathing, is unconscious or incapacitated. The public is required to properly dispose of gloves, facial coverings and other personal protection equipment in appropriate disposal bins.

The town said there will be a penalty for failing to properly dispose of PPE.

See this link for information on making a cloth face covering: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-gettingsick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html.