Wollongong council to provide face masks for 'highest risk' customer service staff

Kate McIlwain
Updated August 5 2020 - 3:15pm, first published 2:00pm
Strict hygiene: Kelly Zeidler and Julie Horton are among the staff at Dapto library who have chosen to wear face masks as part of the council's new policy for face-to-face customer service employees. Picture: Adam McLean.
Strict hygiene: Kelly Zeidler and Julie Horton are among the staff at Dapto library who have chosen to wear face masks as part of the council's new policy for face-to-face customer service employees. Picture: Adam McLean.

Wollongong council staff working in public facing roles, at libraries, leisure centres or customer service desks will most likely be wearing protective face masks from now on.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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