Masks are important, especially when it is not possible to comply with the spacing measures, but alone they are not enough. This is the position of the World Health Organization (WHO), which has published new guidelines on the use of masks to contrast the risk of contagion from SarsCov2.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the usual briefing on the new coronavirus pandemic, reiterated that "sun masks will not protect you against Covid-19". The new guidelines, explained the head of the UN agency, "are an update of what we have been saying for months". That is that "in light of the current situation, the WHO recommends that governments encourage the use of masks where there is a wide spread of the virus and the physical distance is difficult to maintain, such as public transport, shops or other closed and crowded rooms ".
In addition, people over the age of 60 or with health problems "should wear medical masks - is the WHO recommendation in the new guidelines - when they are outside and cannot maintain social distance". Everyone else "must wear three-ply fabric masks." In the new guidelines, published today, there are also all the instructions to make them at home. These are indications for making fabric masks, with details on the layers and materials to be used.
But the World Health Organization also referred to the news in recent days, addressing the protesters who took to the streets after George Floyd's death in the United States during an arrest and recalling the need to protect themselves and others from SarsCov2 virus.
"We certainly witnessed a lot of passion this week, with people who felt the need to go out and express their feelings. We ask them to remember that it is necessary to protect themselves and others," said WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris. . So, a warning: "It is not over. It will not be finished until there is no virus anywhere in the world," concluded Harris recalling how the epicenter of the pandemic is currently in Central American countries, of the South and North America.
