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    The Mayor of Lawrence, MA announced an executive order from the Board of Health requiring all residents over age 5 to wear a mask or facial covering in public to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The order takes effect on April 29th and fines those not wearing masks in public spaces $300. The Mayor hopes this measure, along with social distancing, will help lower Lawrence's high infection rates as residents need to leave home occasionally. Proper mask-wearing and social distancing are required in all businesses under the order to protect public health.

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    The Mayor of Lawrence, MA announced an executive order from the Board of Health requiring all residents over age 5 to wear a mask or facial covering in public to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The order takes effect on April 29th and fines those not wearing masks in public spaces $300. The Mayor hopes this measure, along with social distancing, will help lower Lawrence's high infection rates as residents need to leave home occasionally. Proper mask-wearing and social distancing are required in all businesses under the order to protect public health.

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    The Mayor of Lawrence, MA announced an executive order from the Board of Health requiring all residents over age 5 to wear a mask or facial covering in public to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The order takes effect on April 29th and fines those not wearing masks in public spaces $300. The Mayor hopes this measure, along with social distancing, will help lower Lawrence's high infection rates as residents need to leave home occasionally. Proper mask-wearing and social distancing are required in all businesses under the order to protect public health.

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    The Mayor of Lawrence, MA announced an executive order from the Board of Health requiring all residents over age 5 to wear a mask or facial covering in public to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The order takes effect on April 29th and fines those not wearing masks in public spaces $300. The Mayor hopes this measure, along with social distancing, will help lower Lawrence's high infection rates as residents need to leave home occasionally. Proper mask-wearing and social distancing are required in all businesses under the order to protect public health.

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    PRESS RELEASE

    Contact: Kate Reilly, Chief of Staff


    978-620-3013/ [email protected]

    $300 Fine for Not Wearing Mask


    Mayor/ Board of Health Emergency Order

    April 28, 2020, Lawrence, MA- Mayor Daniel Rivera announces an Executive Order today from the Lawrence
    Board of Health requiring mask or facial coverings in public places. “Lawrence continues to have some of the
    highest Coronavirus counts in the Commonwealth. It is important for resident to remember that the best way to stop
    the spread is to stay home, unless you need food, medicine or medical attention.” said Mayor Dan Rivera. “As a
    community, we need to work hard to stop the spread. Effective at 6AM tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29th, residents
    and anyone traveling to Lawrence for essential business will be required to wear a mask when outside or in public
    places, or face a hefty fine.”

    “We hope that this face covering measure helps reduce person to person transmission. As people go to and from
    work and on those rare occasions that they have to leave their house. I know that the primary way Lawrence
    residents are being infected is at work, and we beg workplaces across the greater Merrimack Valley to do a better
    job of maintaining social distancing, creating clean environments, giving staff access to PPE and giving their staff
    paid time off to deal with the effects of the virus,” said Mayor Dan Rivera. The Executive Order will take effect
    at 6AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

    Mayor Rivera’s Executive Order, through the City of Lawrence Board of Health, orders that:
     All persons over the age of five (5) wears a mask or some form of suitable covering over their nose and
    mouth (i.e. a homemade mask, a scarf, bandana or handkerchief) whenever (a.) entering into the inside of
    any building open to the public, (b.) using public transportation, taxis or ride shares, (c.) pumping gasoline
    or otherwise using outdoor self service facilities or (d.) engaged in any activity within a confined or
    enclosed facility where other members of the public are present or have routine access (e.) common areas
    in residential buildings.
     Every store, workplace, or other facility subject to this Order is authorized to refuse service to any person
    who fails or refuses to wear a mask or other facial covering while in such facility and is further authorized
    to expel such person from the facility.
     Any person entering onto any store, workplace, or other facility, and any person remaining in such store,
    workplace or facility, who declines or refuses to wear a mask or such other facial covering as required by
    this Order shall be deemed a Trespasser upon the property and may be subject to arrest and civil or criminal
    prosecution.
     Social distancing of six feet (6’) shall be adhered to while inside the store, workplace, or other facility.
    Clear markings of such distance shall be visible for persons entering such premises.
     Essential businesses shall ensure that employees and staff comply.
     Non Compliance = $300.00 Fine
     This Order does not apply to persons who are engaged in permissible outdoor physical activity, riding in a
    personal vehicle, alone in a separate, single space, or indoors with their own shelter group such as family or
    household members, although every such person is ADVISED that the use of a mask or facial covering is
    encouraged.

    How to make a face mask at home, per Center for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
    ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html
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