Afghanistan s leading news channels on Sunday carried out the Taliban s recent decree to cover the faces of female presenters on television however, the female speakers appeared on TV in the form of virtual images rather than real ones.
will be very clear on things like mask wearing. there is an expectation of people to wear masks indoors, in crowded places, on public transport, so rather than governed by diktat, what we are saying is we move to step four cautiously. in wales, scotland and northern ireland wearing a mask will still be law for the time being. in england, laboursaid making the rule voluntary would be a mistake. as we have said all the way through this crisis, people who need to go home and self isolate need if they are on low income to be financially supported to do that. it comes as cases are rising across much of the country. there are signs that football has led to a spike among young men, though in scotland that trend has started to reverse. ministers have said 100,000 a day could be soon be testing positive.
Afghan women in Kabul took to the streets on Tuesday against a slew of restrictions including those enforcing wearing of hijab in public by the Taliban, reported Sputnik.