Mask use in the context of COVID-19
Interim guidance
1 December 2020
| COVID-19: Infection prevention and control / WASH
Overview
This document provides updated guidance on mask use in health care and community settings, and during home care for COVID-19 cases. It is intended for policy makers, public health and infection prevention and control professionals, health care managers and health workers.
The Annex provides advice on how to manufacture non-medical masks. It is intended for those making non-medical masks at home and for mask manufacturers.
Related:
Please see the updated version of these guidelines
WHO Team
Number of pages
22
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/IPC_Masks/2020.5