Who Mask Guidelines Update
It is intended for individuals in the community public health and infection prevention and control ipc professionals health care managers health care workers hcws and community health workers.
Who mask guidelines update. This document provides advice on the use of masks in communities during home care and in health care settings in areas that have reported cases of covid 19. That means for example that when a doctor is doing a ward round on the cardiology or palliative care units where there are no confirmed covid 19 patients they should still wear a medical mask tedros said. Under the updated guidelines medical masks are now recommended for all people working in a health facility s clinical area not just those who deal with covid 19 patients. Published 10 31 am cdt tuesday june 9 2020.
People 60 or older or those with underlying health conditions should wear medical masks such as surgical masks in public and physicians and health care providers should. Who updates face mask guidelines to help slow spread of covid 19 in high transmission areas. These updated recommendations announced on friday are a shift from what who previously advised on masks which was to not wear them if you are not sick or not caring for someone who is. The new guidelines recommend that everyone who comes in close contact with others in crowded or close quarters such as on a bus or in a store wear a cloth mask composed of at least three different layers of material.
This updated version includes a section on advice to decision makers on the use of masks for healthy people in community. Masks may help prevent people who have covid 19 from spreading the virus to others. The world health organization is recommending healthy people including those who don t exhibit covid 19 symptoms only wear masks when taking care of someone infected with the contagion a sharp.