<span style="color: #222222;">The Kerala government makes it mandatory to wear masks in public places and use sanitisers, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 surge. The Health Department said in its latest notification,  that the wearing of masks in public places, gatherings, workplaces, and during transport is compulsory. It is further directed to maintain a safe social distance.<br />''<br />''Besides, institutions, shops, and theatres should provide sanitisers to customers. The organisers of public functions, too, should make sanitisers readily available for use.</span><br />