The Government is advising people to wear face coverings on public transport and in supermarkets. Professor Luke O’Neill, immunologist at Trinity College Dublin, believes wearing home-made cotton masks can help reduce the rate of transmission “by up to 90pc”. More than 30 countries have now made it mandatory to wear face masks in public, but a shortage of supply worldwide has prevented some officials from telling people to go out and buy them. The graphic shows a useful method to make a mask involving a scissors, cotton fabric, elastic ribbons and sewing supplies. Sew the two sides of the mask together around the edges, leaving the area on one side of the mask unsewn.

Source: Irish Independent May 15, 2020 18:11 UTC