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The World Health Organization recommended “wearing masks when with other people in closed and poorly ventilated places”, in an update of its directives for this preventive method.
The organization also recommended “compliance with the new recommendations in areas that contain confirmed or suspected epidemic hotspots, or witness a large-scale outbreak of the emerging corona virus.”
According to the new recommendations, “The World Health Organization recommends wearing non-medical masks indoors (such as shops, shared workplaces, and schools) or outdoors, where it is impossible to comply with the rules of physical distancing or maintain a distance of at least one meter from the others.
And in closed spaces, “unless ventilation is adequate, the World Health Organization recommends wearing non-medical masks, regardless of the possibility of adhering to the rules of physical distancing or maintaining a distance of at least one meter from others. , or not”.
The organization advises “not to wear masks during tasks that require great physical effort, and not to use masks with valves, which it considered that its technology constitutes an elusion to the purifying property that facial masks provide.”
In the fourth update issued by the organization regarding the recommendations for the use of masks during the pandemic, it called for “wider use in health care facilities, especially in areas where epidemic outbreaks or community outbreaks have been detected.”
In these areas, the organization recommends “the widespread use of masks for everyone (staff members, patients, visitors, service providers and others) within health facilities (including levels of first, second and third care, ambulatory care and sustainable care facilities) “.
The organization also recommends that “hospital patients wear masks where it is not possible to comply with the rules of physical spacing for at least one meter, or when they are outside the places where they receive care.”
In general, the organization recommends that “any person suspected of having Covid-19 or who is awaiting the result of an examination they underwent to detect the infection, wear a mask when around other people.”
On the other hand, the organization considers that “the masks protect only the eyes and should not be considered parallel to the masks” with regard to the prevention of respiratory secretions.
But the organization recommends that “in the absence of a mask or if it is not possible to put it on, as is the case for those with cognitive, hearing or respiratory disabilities, masks can be considered an alternative option.”
The organization recommends, “When wearing face masks, you should ensure that their design is appropriate and covers the sides of the face and goes beyond the chin.”
