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Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail

Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail

DAWIT ENDESHAW  ETHIOPIA can jail people for up to two years if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the attorney general's office said, amid concern that citizens are becoming lax after a state of emergency was lifted. The restrictions prohibit shaking hands, not wearing a mask in a public place, seating more than three people at a table or not keeping "two adult steps" - around six feet - apart. "Now it is as if COVID is no longer there, the public is not taking care," Health Minister Lia Tadesse tweeted on Thursday. "This will…
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