The laws aim to promote "civilized behaviour" and relate to combating the pandemic which has infected more than 82,000 in China alone. Rulebreakers will be slapped with fines for offences including not wearing a mask in public when ill, the municipal government said on its website. The laws also require public places to set up one metre distance markers and to provide communal chopsticks and serving spoons for shared meals. The state-run Global Times said the rule equalled a "total ban" of the practice in public places. Beijing already discourages a range of "uncivilized" behaviours including public spitting, littering, walking dogs unleashed, throwing things from high buildings, public defecation and smoking in places where it is prohibited.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 26, 2020 05:03 UTC