Use of cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19
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Use of cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19

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    • Corporate Authors:
      National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
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      CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

      CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.

      Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.

      The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.

      cdc.gov/coronavirus

      CS316353B

      04/03/2020, 6:08 PM

      DIY-cloth-face-covering-instructions.pdf

    • Content Notes:
      How to Wear Face Cover -- CDC on Homemade Face Cover -- Should cloth face coverings be washed or otherwise cleaned regularly? How regularly? --How does one safely sterilize/clean a cloth face cover? -- How does one safely remove a used face cover? -- Sewn Face Cover -- Quick Cut T-shirt Face Cover (no sew method) -- Bandanna Face Cover (no sew method).
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      Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CoVID-19)
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      Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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