Enforcement of “mask wearing” regulations No penalties Yamato Kanagawa New Corona April 17 6:45
As the new coronavirus infection spreads, the ordinance requiring citizens to wear a mask was widely enforced in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture to prevent or prevent the infection. There are no penalties.
The enforcement of the ordinance was announced by Yamato City on the 16th, and it is named the "Yamato City Omoiyari Mask Wearing Ordinance".
The ordinance widely requires citizens to wear masks, but there is no provision for specific situations in which they should wear them and there is no penalty for not wearing them.
It is expected that some people will not be able to get it due to lack of masks, so the city has posted a video on their home page that shows how to make masks.
About the Ordinance A 27-year-old woman living in the city accepts positively, "I feel scared no matter where I walk now, so I want more regulations to be disseminated and citizens to wear them." It was.
Also, a 29-year-old man living in the city said, "If you are in trouble because you can not get a mask, I think that it is first to provide a mask before making an ordinance. Don't make it hard to go to such places. "
The city says these ordinances are rare in Japan, and says, "I want you to think about living with consideration for others through the ordinance."