The Funchal city government had long recommended that all residents of Madeira wear masks whenever it was not possible to guarantee the minimum recommended social distancing as a way to combat the transmission of the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n
After the Government of the Republic took a position on the use of masks as a measure to combat the spread of COVID-19, making it mandatory, it was up to the Regional Government to regulate its application in the autonomous territory, making it mandatory between November 5th and December 5th, 2020, the regime of which we will now clarify in five brief questions.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>1 - Where is the use of masks mandatory in the Autonomous Region of Madeira?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n The use of masks is mandatory for access, circulation or stay in enclosed spaces, or public access areas and roads.<\/p>\n 2 - When is wearing a mask mandatory?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the use of a protective mask against COVID-19 is mandatory for all citizens when accessing, circulating in, or remaining in enclosed spaces, or public access areas and roads, whenever the physical distancing recommended by health authorities proves impractical.<\/p>\n It should be noted that, according to the exception indicated in point a) of the following paragraph, in the territory of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Use is mandatory from the age of 6.<\/b><\/strong>. This is the major difference compared to the Republic's decree, which establishes mandatory use only from the age of 10.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/strong>3 \u2013 Who is exempt from using it?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n The following are exempt from the mandatory use of face masks to protect against COVID-19 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/strong>4 \u2013 Which entities are responsible for overseeing the use of<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0mask<\/b><\/strong>?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n Enforcement of the mandatory mask-wearing requirement in the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the responsibility of the Security Forces (Public Security Police, National Republican Guard and Maritime Police) and the Regional Authority for Economic Activities.<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 What approach can citizens expect from the enforcement authorities?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n The Regional Decree primarily assigns to the supervisory authorities a role of raising awareness and educating the public about the importance of all citizens wearing masks when accessing, circulating in, or remaining in enclosed spaces, or public access areas and roads, whenever the physical distancing recommended by health authorities proves impractical.<\/p>\n In the event that awareness and education efforts fail, failure to comply with the obligation to wear a mask for access, circulation or stay in public spaces and roads, whenever the physical distancing recommended by health authorities proves impractical, constitutes an administrative offense punishable by a fine of between \u20ac100.00 and \u20ac500.00.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" H\u00e1 muito que o executivo do Funchal havia recomendado a toda a popula\u00e7\u00e3o madeirense o uso de m\u00e1scara sempre que n\u00e3o fosse poss\u00edvel garantir o distanciamento social m\u00ednimo recomendado como forma de combate \u00e0 transmiss\u00e3o do novo coronav\u00edrus. Ap\u00f3s o Governo da Rep\u00fablica ter tomado posi\u00e7\u00e3o acerca do uso de m\u00e1scara como medida de combate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artigos"],"yoast_head":"\n\n