Official Govt Website: Necessary Measure of Obligatory Use of Face Masks

July 10, 2020 – The official Koronavirus.hr website has published new guidelines for the wearing of face masks. 

This Decision introduces the necessary measure of mandatory use of face masks or medical masks.

Face masks or medical masks are required for: 

• employees of health care institutions and persons visiting patients, if visits are allowed
• drivers, other employees in public transport vehicles and public transport passengers
• trade employees and customers during their stay in stores
• employees in hospitality business who are in contact with guests or participate in serving and preparing meals and beverages 
• other persons bound to do so by special instructions and recommendations of the Croatian Institute of public Health

The Decision shall apply from 13th of July. 

Update: On July 13th, the National Civil Protection Headquarters issued a clarification of their measure of mandatory mask use in Croatia, in which they listed the groups of people who are not obligated to wear masks. Those groups include:
– children under the age of two,
– children between the ages of two and before school-age, if they exhibit strong resistance towards wearing a mask,
– children should wear masks for a limited period of time, up to an hour or two,
– people with mental health issues, where their mental health problems cause strong resistance towards wearing a mask or inability to remove it on their own,
– people communicating with hearing-impaired persons, who need to lip-read to communicate, as well as hearing-impaired persons themselves
– people with breathing problems caused by existing chronic diseases or conditions,
– people in an altered state of consciousness, or while unconscious,
– everyone else who is unable to remove the mask from their face without someone else’s help.

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