Taiwan is set to begin requiring customers at banks to wear surgical masks. The Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, Wellington Koo, announced Wednesday that the new rule could take effect as early as Friday.
For security reasons, people entering Taiwanese masks are usually required to remove surgical masks and helmets. However, a union representing bank workers has asked for amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in public places.
Already, people without masks are being turned away from Taiwan’s public transit systems, post offices, open-air markets, and night markets.
However, Koo said that no order requiring people to wear masks in banks can go ahead unless it has a legal basis. He said a proposal has been sent to the Central Epidemic Command Center, which has the legal authority to make such a requirement binding.