Before entering hospitals and other Alberta Health Services facilities, screening staff take visitors through a set of questions and provide a fresh face mask. But increasingly, he's seeing daily bouts of abuse against staff trying to follow protocol. Mostly, Chatenay sees verbal abuse, but recently one of these incidents turned physically violent. A man was visiting his wife at the hospital and refused to wear a mask, Chatenay said. In a general setting, Vipond said mandatory masking has helped increase the number of people wearing face coverings.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2020 12:56 UTC