Failure to Follow Facemask Rule Could End in Fine

Beginning Wednesday, there will be potential consequences for businesses that do not require customers to wear them.

Under an executive order announced Friday that goes into effect on May 6, face coverings are mandatory throughout the commonwealth for anyone over the age of 2 who is unable to maintain a distance of 6 feet from others.

Gov. Charlie Baker has characterized mandatory face coverings as a likely part of a "reopened" Massachusetts economy after the state begins phasing out the non-essential business closure order issued on March 23.