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 ...

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 ...

Cloth masks can prevent the spread of COVID-19 by blocking up to 99 per cent of infectious particles, according to scientists who analysed a century of mask studies. Canadian researchers report that ...

While the fabric masks alone will not prevent you catching Covid-19, they have been shown to stop asymptomatic carriers spreading the killer bug even further. Babak Javid, an infectious diseases ...

It's important to mask up in the face of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Cloth masks don't offer adequate protection, so opt for an approved medical-grade mask instead. Beware of counterfeit ...

THE Government has warned that face masks must be used to stop a second spike of deadly coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is vital protection is now worn in enclosed places like shops, ...