{"id":6012,"date":"2020-07-02T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/?p=6012"},"modified":"2020-07-02T19:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:18:02","slug":"covid-19-face-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/?p=6012","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 &#8211; Face Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Face Coverings On Public Transport<\/strong><br><br>From\u00a0<strong>10 July 2020<\/strong>\u00a0it\u2019s the law that passengers and staff on public transport in Northern Ireland must wear a face covering:<br><br>\u2013 on bus, coach and train services<br>\u2013 in public transport stations<br>\u2013 in indoor areas of a ferry and outdoor areas where you can\u2019t keep two metres social distance<br><br>This law does not apply to tour coaches and taxis or private hire vehicles but some operators may have their own rules you should follow.<br><br>Although face coverings may not prevent you from becoming infected with the virus, they help prevent people who don\u2019t know they have the virus spreading it to others.<br><br>By wearing a face covering you are are showing your support and consideration for other passengers and staff and playing your part to prevent transmission of the virus.<br><br>You don\u2019t have to wear a face covering:<br><br>\u2013 on school transport<br>\u2013 if you are under the age of 13<br>\u2013 if you are a member of staff and are behind a protective screen<br>\u2013 if you are a passenger or a member of staff and have a reasonable excuse<br><br>For further information visit:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/articles\/coronavirus-covid-19-face-coverings\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/articles\/coronavirus-covid-19-face-coverings<\/a><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Face Coverings On Public Transport From\u00a010 July 2020\u00a0it\u2019s the law that passengers and staff on public transport in Northern Ireland must wear a face covering: \u2013 on bus, coach and train services\u2013 in public transport stations\u2013 in indoor areas of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/?p=6012\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-28","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6013,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions\/6013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portaferrytown.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}