All about wearing a masks

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Masks should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives; the use of a mask alone is not sufficient to provide an adequate level of protection against COVID-19.

If COVID-19 is spreading in your community, stay safe by taking some simple precautions, such as physical distancing, wearing a mask, keeping rooms well ventilated, avoiding crowds, cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue. Check local advice where you live and work. Do it all!

Make wearing a mask a normal part of being around other people. The appropriate use, storage, and cleaning or disposal of masks are essential to make them as effective as possible.

Wearing a face mask in public helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 — but only if worn properly, covering both your nose and mouth.


Read our mask-wearing tips to get the maximum protection for yourself and others.


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Step 1:- Wash your hands before and after touching the mask.



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Step 2:- Touch only the bands or ties when putting on and taking off your mask.



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Step 3:- Make sure the mask fits to cover your nose, mouth, and chin. If you adjust the mask to cover those areas, wash your hands before and after.



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Step 4:- Make sure you can breathe and talk comfortably through your mask.



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Step 5:- Wash reusable masks after each use. If the mask is disposable, discard it when visibly soiled or damaged.




TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS, AVOID THESE COMMON MASK-WEARING MISTAKES




We do not recommend wearing bandanas, gaiters, masks with exhalation valves, or clear shield-like face masks as face coverings.



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Don’t touch your or your child’s mask while it is being worn.



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Don’t wear the mask under your chin with your nose and mouth exposed.



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Don’t leave your nose or mouth uncovered.



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Don’t remove the mask while around others in public.



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Don’t share your mask with family members or friends.



Everyone is required to wear a face mask in a Hospital. Patients can remove the face mask when they are alone in their hospital room. Staff performing care or other duties in a patient’s room can ask the patient to wear a face mask while they are in the room. 


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