Coronavirus: Fears of abuse as mask rules unclear

Pictured Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Prof Philip Nolan, at the Department of Health in Dublin for the nightly briefing. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Confusion reigns over who will enforce the new government requirement for people to wear face masks in retail outlets.

Shop owners claim their staff have already been assaulted, spat at and verbally abused during the pandemic.