Taiwan‘s attempts at fighting Covid-19 are highly commendable. Washington Post (USA): Answers to your DIY face mask questions, including what material you should useįor those who don’t know, my family come from Taiwan.Paper about the effectiveness of face masks (with huge list of cited works).Nebraska Medicine: Surgical Face Mask and N95 Face Mask wearing protocols.Medium/Sui Huang: Covid-19: Why we should all wear masks – There is new scientific rationale.Sanjay Gupta (Podcast): New Guidance on Face Masks Choice magazine (Australia): Coronavirus COVID-19: do face masks really protect us?.slowly adopting mask-wearing against COVID-19, Coronavirus: Why some countries wear face masks and others don’t General Information about Face Masks Sources: Wikipedia: Surgical Mask, Wikipedia:Cloth Face Mask, Uncovering the History of Operating Room Attire through Photographs, A quick history of why Asians wear surgical masks in public, Face masks and coronavirus: how culture affects your decision to wear one, Xinhua Headlines: Europe, U.S. : France: Facemasks are compulsory on public transport and in secondary schools.
7 April 2020: Turkey orders all citizens to wear masks when shopping or visiting crowded public places and announced that it will deliver masks to every family, free of charge.7 April 2020: Morocco: Residents without face masks in public risk jail time.6 April 2020: Cuba has the authority to hand out jail sentences if you’re not wearing a mask.6 April 2020: Austria makes mask-wearing compulsory in supermarkets and other stores.5 April 2020: Lombardy, Italy introduces a law obliging citizens to wear a face mask in public.4 April 2020: Face masks are to be worn outside the home at all times in the UAE.4 April 2020: Colombia makes face mask wearing compulsory on public transport, in shops, for those over 70 and those with respiratory and related health problems, or are immuno-compromised, pregnant, etc.3 April 2020: President Trump/CDC recommends everyone use Face Masks in public.31 March 2020: Jena becomes the first German city to make wearing a face mask mandatory.25 March 2020: Slovakia makes mask-wearing compulsory.22 March 2020: Venezuela: It is mandatory to use a face mask in all public spaces.22 March 2020: Uzbekistan Officials said that citizens must wear masks in public in major cities.x March 2020: Bosnia-Herzegovina makes mask-wearing compulsory.18 March 2020: Czech Republic becomes the first country to make mask wearing mandatory during the Covid-19 pandemic, by Prime Minister Andrej Babis.16 March 2020: Vietnam makes face masks compulsory for people to wear in public.
1920: During the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan the sky became filled with smoke and ash and face masks became a common accessory.1918-19: The custom of face mask-wearing began in China and Japan during the massive Spanish Flu (influenza) pandemic.1897: The first recorded use of a cloth face mask by French surgeon Paul Berger during an operation in Paris, France.1880s: Cloth face masks and PPE came into use in hospitals.Please note: Face masks are not recommended for those under 3 years of age (they wouldn’t keep them on anyway! ? ) Brief History and Timeline of Face Masks (Surgical Masks) *Disclaimer: I make no medical claims about the effectiveness of the items mentioned in this post. The Ultimate List of Tutorials, Patterns, Videos, Facebook pages and Discussion Forums for making Face Masks and PPE (Scrub caps and Scrubs) to prevent getting Corona virus/Covid-19*