St. Paul, MN (NewsDakota.com) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced this afternoon that he has signed an executive order that mandates all Minnesotan’s to wear a facemask starting this Saturday.

The Mandate requires all people to wear face masks or face coverings in indoor places of public accommodation.  Gov. Walz also said that the state would be giving away 4 million disposable masks through various chamber of commerce.

Here is a portion of what the Gov. Walz had to say at an afternoon press conference: