Wightlink has confirmed that they will be asking all customers to wear face coverings when travelling from 15th June, in response to the Government’s recent announcement on mandatory face coverings on public transport.
Bus, coach, train, tram, ferry and aircraft passengers must wear a face covering on their journeys, from next Monday, to help reduce the risk of transmission of coronavirus.
All Wightlink customers will be required to carry a face covering with them at all times – and will be required to wear it if not staying in a vehicle – when travelling on their ferries.
Red Funnel have advised customers that the company is also following Government rules.
Wightlink’s Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield, said:
“The government has announced that all public transport users should wear face coverings from 15 June. Wightlink will require customers to wear face coverings whenever they are not in a vehicle on board our ferries or in one of our customer buildings. We are asking all of our customers to bring face coverings with them.
“On most of our sailings, customers will remain in their vehicles and do not need to wear a face covering while they are in a vehicle. Customers will be required to wear a face covering when in our lounges and on our sun decks, where we have ample space and seating for those not in a vehicle.”
For more information, including detailed Frequently Asked Questions, visit www.wightlink.co.uk/coronavirus.
Why next week? Why not NOW? Why not 11 weeks ago? Why were the ferries not stopped from the outset? As always, too little too late.
Another joke …more tyranny. The amount of Doctors and Virologists who have repeatedly said that wearing masks will make it worse and only frontline staff should wear them. People need to fact check…who checks the fact checkers? Is it true ? or did you hear it on the lamestream ?
We have been told by this government not to wear masks as it wouldn’t protect us.
NOW, they have changed their advice and we must wear masks when travelling on public transport.
What advice are they going to change next??
seeing as there are more deaths on the island today, for gods sake, ONLY ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AND SUPPLIES, ferry companies do what you should of done ages ago, stop thinking of just bloody profits.