Unless you are a frontline health worker you do not need a high-spec respirator like the N95 or FFP2 - leave those for the professionals. FMTNews FMTLifestyle
So you have to wear a mask to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus? Wondering how to choose one? Or if it will slip off, or be suffocating?
Initially, health authorities and the World Health Organisation said it was useless for the general population to wear masks in public. The WHO has expressed doubts that these will offer full protection for the wearer, but notes that they could stop an unknowingly infected person from passing the virus on to others.Those wanting to make their own masks have no shortage of tutorials online to turn to for inspiration.
The main thing to remember is that a face covering does not replace other key virus avoidance measures: soap and social distance.
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