Guneet Bhatia
Guneet Bhatia is an avid reader, healthcare writer, and is currently Director of Patient Care Department, MediGence. She has also been featured on many prominent Healthcare portals such as IBTimes, HCIT Expert, Clinician Today.

A simple three-layered cotton cloth mask is enough to prevent COVID-19 infection from possible exposure to droplets that may otherwise enter through nose or mouth. Therefore, people do not have to unnecessarily hoard or purchase only surgical masks or N-95 masks for the general use of masks for protection against COVID-19.
There are certain guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the U.S. on how cloth face covering should be used.
As per the CDC, face-covering should:
It is advised to use a simple cotton cloth mask covering as prevention against coronavirus. It can be comfortably made at home from common materials at an extremely low cost. These are reusable as well.
However, they should be routinely washed and dried, depending on the frequency of use. A machine wash is enough to maintain mask hygiene.
There is a DIY tutorial available as well, provided by CDC, on how to make a cotton face mask at home.
Guneet Bhatia is an avid reader, healthcare writer, and is currently Director of Patient Care Department, MediGence. She has also been featured on many prominent Healthcare portals such as IBTimes, HCIT Expert, Clinician Today.
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