face covering. police officers can direct someone to wear a face covering or tell them to leave or find them £200 as well. the statement from the national police chief counsel. a couple of your tweets that you have been sending me on the subject about masks. what we are facing with the new variant of covid i9, omicron. one person has just been shopping and has seen people not wearing masks and no signs encouraging people to do that. who is policing this? we have heard from the police, some people need to put up their signage and shops, we have seen it previously, this message says why do we not have to wear masks in restaurants? the idea is because you are sitting down and eating and drinking and is not practical to wear a mask and take it