<span style="color: #222222;">With doctors and experts from the medical field stressing on wearing mask to protect oneself from Covid-19, the Kolhapur district administration in Maharashtra has gone a step further and said that those who are not wearing masks should not be allowed to enter office premises and shops. AIR correspondent reports, the Kolhapur district collector, Daulat Desai is for all praises from Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after he made wearing mask mandatory for people while gaining access into the offices and also while entering shops to purchase goods. <br />''<br />''The CM opined that the initiative should be implemented across the state which would help in breaking the chain of the virus. Chief Minister Thackeray has also censured those who do not wear mask and go out in public. He said such careless attitude by some individuals is resulting in the rise of viral infection. It has come to notice that some people are following the norms; and people are entering the shops only if the owners and his employees are wearing masks. Simultaneously, those people who are found not wearing the mask are not allowed inside the shops. Besides, the administration is also resorting to seal the shop for eight days of owners who are found not wearing masks.</span><br />