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Mayor felt short to order mandatory use of masks

 

July 01, 2020
Mayor felt short to order mandatory use of masks

Encourages private business to enforce use of masks in their places.

Even if he did not get to order the use of masks in public places, mayor David Holt of Oklahoma City, invoke today to the businesses to voluntarily require the use of masks to their patrons.

“We Will be there of help them protect their private property”, said Holt in the press conference offered today, in which he also announced city ordinances to protect the health of all Oklahomans.

Among those is the requirement that all employees in bars and restaurants to uses protective masks, clarify that the maximum capacity of bars are to be at 50%, and that every place of congregation theater like, must block alternate rows to allowed social distance among attendants.

The announcements were dome in the middle of the public outcry about the lack of government decision in make mandatory the use of masks in public places, the increment of cases in Oklahoma City and the celebrations of 4 of July.

“Its very difficult for a government to control the compliment of such decision, and for that reason we are confident in the good judgement of the people”, said Holt.

“Owner of the business can practically deny the entrance of people to their establishments”, was his response to questions about the enforcement of these rules.

Today OKC show 535 new cases of COVID 19 and 2 unfortunate deaths.

Holt also mention his previous statements about places most dangerous to contract the virus such Weddings, Funerals, and bars among them.