THE SHORTAGE of face masks for frontline health-care workers could be offset by making your own at home instead of buying them online. Here's a simple pattern you can use to make your own PPE. The ...

As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

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FROM Monday June 15 face coverings will become mandatory on public transport in England. The new rules will apply on tubes, trains buses, ferries and planes but people will not have to wear them ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...

It's difficult to keep your distance in a grocery store or pharmacy, so now the CDC says we should wear a homemade mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus — particularly in areas with ...

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After Boris Johnson’s address to the nation on Sunday 3 May, the government published a 60-page document called Our Plan to Rebuild. In the government document, it says people should "wear a ...