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The rules for the use of masks are as important as the material from which they are made: hands must be washed or disinfected before putting them on, and if they are used for a short time - for example, for a bus ride - they can be stored in a plastic bag for later use.
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The expert of the Department of Health Emergencies of the WHO, April Beller, explained to Efe that there is new scientific evidence (based on research from the universities of Stanford and Colorado) on cloth masks, the various materials from which they can be made and the level of protection they confer.
Those studies have revealed what materials can act as a "barrier" to microdroplets that contaminated people expel when they cough or sneeze, and how they should be combined to accomplish this task.
WHO recommends using cloth masks if there is no social distance
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended today that in places with widespread transmission of coronavirus, all people who cannot keep the distance of two meters with others, such as, for example, in public transport, shops or closed spaces with much people, use face masks or cloth face masks.
