The World Health Organization on Wednesday tightened guidelines on wearing face masks, recommending that, where COVID-19 is spreading, they be worn by everyone in health-care facilities and for all interactions in poorly ventilated indoor spaces. In June, the WHO urged governments to ask everyone to wear fabric masks in indoor and outdoor public areas where there was a risk of transmission of the virus. 22:30Masks should also be worn outdoors and in well ventilated indoor spaces where physical distancing of at least one metre can't be maintained, WHO said. You're in shared indoor spaces with people from outside your immediate householdAdvised by your local public health authority. It recommended that people doing vigorous physical activity not wear masks, citing some associated risks, particularly for people with asthma.

Source: CBC News December 02, 2020 16:21 UTC