It's illegal. If the client still insists on not wearing a mask after being dissuaded by the staff, the client who doesn't wear a mask will generally be detained in public security. Operators and managers of public places shall require the personnel entering their places to wear masks before entering the public places they operate, and set up eye-catching and clear tips on wearing masks at the entrance of the places. It is illegal. During the epidemic prevention and control, it is both a moral obligation and a legal obligation for citizens to wear masks when they go out to public places or have symptoms such as fever.

How to punish people who don't wear masks during the epidemic

1. It is illegal to wear masks during the epidemic, and they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may also be fined less than 511 yuan;

2. If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan. Article 25 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan;

3. (1) spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangerous situations, epidemic situations and police situations, or intentionally disturbing public order by other means;

(2) throwing false explosive, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disturb public order;

(3) threatening to set fire, explode or throw dangerous substances to disturb public order.

Legal basis:

The Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment

Item (1) and (2) of Article 51 stipulates that anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be given a warning or fined not more than 211 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 511 yuan:

(1) refusing to carry out the decisions and orders issued by the people's government according to law in case of emergency;

(2) obstructing the staff of state organs from performing their duties according to law.

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Article 12 All units and individuals within the territory of the People's Republic of China must accept preventive and control measures such as investigation, inspection, sample collection and isolation treatment of infectious diseases by disease prevention and control institutions and medical institutions, and provide relevant information truthfully. Disease prevention and control institutions and medical institutions shall not disclose relevant information and materials involving personal privacy. Where the administrative department of health and other relevant departments, disease prevention and control institutions and medical institutions violate the legitimate rights and interests of units and individuals by illegally implementing administrative management or preventive and control measures, the relevant units and individuals may apply for administrative reconsideration or bring a lawsuit according to law.

Article 42 When an infectious disease breaks out and spreads, the local people's governments at or above the county level shall immediately organize forces to prevent and control it according to the prevention and control plan, and cut off the transmission route of the infectious disease. When necessary, they may take the following emergency measures and make a public announcement after reporting to the people's government at the next higher level:

(1) restrict or stop fairs, theater performances or other crowd gathering activities;

(2) suspension of work, business and classes;

(3) sealing or sealing public drinking water sources, food and related products contaminated by infectious disease pathogens;

(4) controlling or culling infected wild animals, domestic animals and poultry;

(5) Close the places that may cause the spread of infectious diseases.

when the people's government at a higher level receives the report of the people's government at a lower level on taking the emergency measures listed in the preceding paragraph, it shall make a decision immediately. The lifting of emergency measures shall be decided and announced by the original decision-making organ.

article 43 when class a and class b infectious diseases break out and become epidemic, the local people's government at or above the county level may declare part or all of its administrative area as an epidemic area upon the decision of the people's government at the next higher level; The State Council can decide and announce epidemic areas across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The local people's governments at or above the county level may take emergency measures as stipulated in Article 42 of this Law within the epidemic area, and may carry out health quarantine on people, materials and means of transport entering or leaving the epidemic area. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may decide to block the epidemic areas of Class A infectious diseases within their respective administrative areas; However, it is up to the State Council to seal off the epidemic areas in large and medium-sized cities or across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the blockade of epidemic areas that leads to the interruption of trunk traffic or the closure of borders. The lifting of the blockade of epidemic areas shall be decided and announced by the original decision-making organ.