The Chinese capital has banned “uncivilized” behavior such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, the city’s government said Sunday (Apr 26), in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak, channelnewsasia.com reports.
Rulebreakers will be slapped with fines for offences including not wearing a mask in public when ill, the municipal government announced on its website.
The laws also require public places to set up 1-meter distance markers and to provide communal chopsticks and serving spoons for shared meals.
Citizens must also “dress neatly” in public and not go shirtless – an apparent reference to the so-called “Beijing bikini” practice where men roll T-shirts up to expose their stomachs during hot weather.
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