How to Choose Masks?
Different masks have different applicaitons. Masks are classified into different types according to their usages, and the public can choose and buy corresponding masks according to the actual situation.
1. Disposable medical mask.
It is recommended that the public should use it on a daily basis when preventing COVID-19, and the personnel in medical institutions who are not directly in contact with infectious disease pathogens should use it on a daily basis.
2. Surgical masks.
It is recommended that suspected patients, bus drivers, taxi drivers, sanitation workers, and public service personnel should wear them while on duty.
It is recommended that suspected COVID-19 patients should wear it, and the public can wear it in highly populated areas.
4. Medical respirators.
It is recommended for use by health care workers in fever clinics, isolation wards, and in the transfer of pneumonia patients with confirmed novel coronavirus infection. When resources are scarce, these respirators are not recommended for daily use by the general public and can be reserved for frontline medical personnel.
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