MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte might be joking when he said the public can disinfect their face masks with gasoline, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
"Alam niyo naman 'pag nagsasalita si Presidente, baka 'yung mga jokes lang niya 'yun, especially 'yung sa gasoline," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.
When Duterte mentioned in the same speech that the public could use their face masks twice, Vergeire said the President was referring to reusable cloth masks. The health official also reminded the public that surgical masks were for single-use and should be discarded properly. Meanwhile, cloth masks can be washed and hung to dry under direct sunlight after each use, Vergeire said.
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