Wellington: While requesting the New Zealand public to wear masks, the country's Health Minister Chris Hipkins said on Thursday that people are safe by wearing face masks in public transport. From 31 August, it will be necessary to cover the face for those above 12 years of age. This instruction has been issued under the alert label 2 for people walking in public transport and on the plane. Hipkins gave this information in a briefing.

According to media reports, the minister said that "This is a big change and we all will get used to it and it is a small item that we can protect ourselves by adopting it. In small vehicles like cabs, the passenger is not required to wear a face mask, but the driver must always wear a mask. Not wearing a mask in public transport will be called a crime and a fine of $ 300 has to be paid for it. At present, the total number of infected cases in the country is 1351".

The minister further said that "You can also tie scarves in place of masks. He said that the government is going to distribute 3 million masks in the country. It is to be distributed among community food banks in social services groups and centres". According to the data released by Johns Hopkins University on Thursday morning, there have been more than 20 million in all countries of the world. This deadly virus has killed more than 8 lakh 24 thousand people all over the world.

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