ALL hospital visitors and outpatients will be required to wear face coverings and all hospital staff must wear surgical masks in England from June 15, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today.

At the daily Downing Street press conference, he said that wearing masks and visors “at all times” in hospitals was “critically important” to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The rule will apply to all staff working in hospitals, even if they are not doing life-saving work on the front line, and in all areas “except those areas designated as Covid-secure workplaces.”