The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidance
on facemasks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, listed new
precautions on Friday at virtual news conference.
WHO announced that non-medical fabric masks must have at
least three layers of different materials.
The UN agency reminded that face masks must still be used in
crowded situations even in areas where lockdown have been eased.
Ghebreyesus urged governments to encourage the general
public “to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical
distancing is difficult”.
He listed these as public transport, in shops or in other
confined or crowded environments.
The WHO chief advised that in areas with community
transmission, “people aged 60 years or over, or those with underlying
conditions, should wear a medical mask in situations where physical distancing
is not possible”
Ghebreyesus declared that “masks alone will not protect you
from COVID-19”
To countries, he urged them to “find, isolate, test and care
for every case, and to trace and quarantine every contact.”
“That is what we know works. That is every country’s best
defence against COVID-19.”
The world has recorded 6.7 million cases of coronavirus and
395,000.
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