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.