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Collected Item: “Mask or Face Covering Required”

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Mask or Face Covering Required

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

poster

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

poster accompanying a tweet by Ottawa Public Health formally announcing that the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vera Etches, has declared masks or other face coverings mandatory in public indoor spaces. The city of Ottawa is expected to vote on a bylaw to the same effect on July 15. The accompanying tweet reads: "As you’ve likely heard, Ottawa Public Health is mandating the use of masks in many indoor public spaces, effective at 12:01am July 7, 2020. Please read the letter of instruction from
@VeraEtches
to business owners and operators : http://ow.ly/sAM830qWBrj"
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government, municipal government, public health officer, mask, business

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https://twitter.com/ottawahealth/status/1280221249545875456/photo/1

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Ottawa Public Health

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2020-07-06
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