Part 10: News Words: Mandatory

Recently, Austrians began trading in their cloth face coverings for medical quality masks.

Mandatory.

Austria is among the first European countries to make wearing the FFP2 medical mask mandatory on public transportation and in shops and businesses.

The move comes because of an increase in cases of coronavirus infections.

Mandatory is something that must be done or is required by law.

No other choice of action is permitted if something is mandatory

A mandatory rule or law cannot be ignored.