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Victorian GPs say mask sceptics are requesting ‘medical exemption’ letters – SBS News
The chair of the peak body for Australian GPs says some doctors are being asked to provide medical exemptions for people planning to defy a requirement to wear a mask in public.
General practitioners in Melbourne are being asked by patients to provide letters that exempt them from wearing masks after a number of videos of people refusing to cover their faces went viral.
All residents in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire are currently legally required to cover their nose and mouth in public or face a $200 fine unless they are under 12 years old, are exercising, working, or if they have a medical condition that makes wearing a mask difficult.
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