LA Mayor Orders Employees, Customers at Essential Businesses to Wear Face Coverings

A nurse wearing a protective mask pushes a cart of masks donated by U.S. businessperson Michael "BigMike" Straumietis, to the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., on April 7, 2020,Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on April 7 announced a worker protection order requiring all employees at essential businesses to wear non-medical grade face coverings while at work amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.

The order will begin on Friday at midnight and may be extended prior to May 1.