Will you continue to wear face coverings?
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**Talking to BBC Radio Devon’s presenter, Gordon Sparks, this morning, [Steve Brown, Director of Public Health Devon was asked, now that face coverings are not mandatory, will he continue to wear one?](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1Mjc3NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5iYmMuY28udWsvc291bmRzL3BsYXkvcDBiZnF0djgifQ.q1Z3PoDM0MZkfMULMIS5nR0e1eOTiE-n5PeH9MwfykI%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F125808998112-l&data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7Caafc169a3fe649d44f6008d9e2802c7d%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637789862398563873%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=q6XaRnurkW8OuOfNVl3xgxgJIfvlrRG54O6quWRgBJk%3D&reserved=0)**

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> “The message is still to be cautious. I will certainly be wearing a face covering when I go shopping next or sit on a bus or go to a cinema.
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> “The rates are still very high. I have family who are vulnerable and I want to protect them. So I will be doing that, and I would encourage everyone just to think about their own actions.
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> “If they are going into a high risk setting, for example going to see their grandparents, then it is advisable to take a test and just think about the actions they are taking to protect others.”

  ![placeholder image](https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/wp-content/themes/dcc-parent-v4/images/avatar-placeholder.png)  Steve Brown, Devon’s Director of Public Health