Don’t get lulled into false sense of security with homemade masks amid coronavirus pandemic: WRHA

Thinking of wearing a cloth mask while you’re out in public?

Manitoba health officials say it won’t do much to protect you from the novel coronavirus, but it still has its benefits.

“It’s basically another way of covering a cough or a sneeze,” said Dr. Marcia Anderson, medical officer of health at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

“If you are out — and you don’t have symptoms, so you don’t know you’re carrying the virus — that cloth mask can stop you from spreading the virus to others.”

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Anderson said it’s important people don’t get lulled into a false sense of security by a mask, and that covering your face should be used on top of other safety measures — not as a replacement for them.


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