Ministers Face Pressure To Encourage Britons To Cover Faces with Masks

Ministers were under mounting pressure on Friday night to encourage Britons to wear face masks as part of a staged plan to get the country back to work. 
[/news/london/index.html London] mayor [/news/sadiq_khan/index.html Sadiq Khan] urged the Government to change its advice on masks to combat the spread of the virus. 
He was supported by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who said such a move would be ‘sensible' given how social distancing can be impossible on trains and buses. 
Labour leader Sir [/news/keir-starmer/index.html Keir Starmer] said it was ‘inevitable' that the Government would have to change its advice, tour sapa which at present states that masks are only needed in hospitals. 
And former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said encouraging people to wear masks would build the confidence necessary to return to work - a vital step to save the economy. 
Ministers are now mounting pressure to encourage Britons to wear face masks as part of a staged plan to get the country back to work.

Pictured: A commuter wears a mask in London
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has branded such a move ‘sensible' given how social distancing can be impossible on trains and buses.
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In Friday's Daily Mail, five medical experts agreed they could slow the spread.

The Government's chief scientific adviser, tour sapa giá rẻ Sir Patrick Vallance, said experts would be meeting on Tuesday to examine evidence on how effective it would be for everyone to wear masks in public. 
He said an announcement on whether the guidance has been changed would soon follow.
He added the evidence was �[http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=%98quite%20variable%27&submit-go=Search+Y!+Answers �quite variable']. 
On Thursday the Royal Society announced an urgent investigation into how to end the lockdown - including a review of the benefit of face masks. One German state has made the wearing of masks compulsory on public transport and in shops, as the country slowly eases lockdown measures. 
On Thursday night droves of people gathered on Westminster bridge alongside police and emergency services to applaud the NHS, with a lack of social distancing since criticised
An ambulance worker joins a 'Clap For Our Carers' in Westminster Bridge on Thursday night