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Question reference: S5W-28618

  • Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: 21 April 2020
  • Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether a vulnerable cared-for person, or their guardian if they do not have capacity, has a right to demand that the person caring for them wears a protective mask in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.


Answer

We are clear that a person can ask their carer to wear a mask should they feel vulnerable.