31 March 2020

New order in Austria to fight coronavirus: Wear a face mask for shopping at the grocery!

In the third week of the shutdown, it seems as if people have already turned into routiniers in handling their home offices and the organisation of food. The home delivery services of the supermarkets are constantly over-booked and the shopping tour through the grocery is in the best cases well planned and reduced to once a week. Yesterday, the Austrian government presented a new measure to flatten the curve of the coronavirus outbreak and for re-opening perhaps even other stores as soon as possible. From Wednesday, it will be mandatory to wear a face mask in supermarkets. It's announced that masks will be available at the entrance. It's also allowed to wear own protective face masks as long as the nose and mouth are covered.

In Austria, several companies, designers are producing already masks such as Wolford which has changed its production for re-useable face masks wolford.com.

Every step to conquer the virus is a good one. Better a mask than no mask!

Related article: Pattern for a non-medical face mask.