NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Masks will be recommended attire for Louisiana residents even when stay-at-home orders and restrictions on business activity are eased during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday.
He noted medical experts’ guidance saying proper masks keep patients infected with coronavirus from spreading it to others.
“Think of wearing a mask in public as just being polite to others,” Edwards said at his daily news conference, calling maskwearing part of “new normal” of life when restrictions are lifted.