Face masks must be worn on public transport and in shops across the country from Tuesday, November 30, the Health Secretary has confirmed.
Sajid Javid told Sky’s Trevor Phillips on Sunday: “The red listing has already happened, the face mask rules are planned to come in on Tuesday, the measures around the border, we’ve always rightly taken a four-nation approach across the UK, and so we’re working with our partners in the UK and we’ll bring them in as soon as possible.”
Face coverings must be worn on all public transport from Tuesday, unless the passenger is exempt.
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a press conference on Saturday where he outlined plans for a series of new measures following the detection of the new Omicron Covid variant in Nottingham and Essex.
According to a message on the passenger locator form section of the Government’s website, testing and isolation requirements will change for people travelling into the UK from 4am on Tuesday.
The message says: “After 04:00 Tuesday 30 November 2021 lateral flow tests will no longer be accepted and all travellers arriving into UK will be required to book and take Covid-19 PCR tests.”
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