CDC is expected to tell Americans to wear cloth masks, save medical masks for health workers
https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/02/cdc-mask-guidance-cloth-face-masks/
On Thursday, the White House said that it will likely soon adjust previous guidelines that discouraged non-health workers from wearing face masks. The change would be issued as “guidance” from the CDC, but according to the president—who continues to hesitate at exerting federal power during the COVID-19 crisis—it will not be made mandatory.
Supplies of medical-grade masks are still running critically low in many places hard hit—or soon to be hard hit—by the coronavirus. Due to ongoing shortages, the new guidance is expected to concern cloth and non-medical face coverings only.
CDC is expected to tell Americans to wear cloth masks, save medical masks for health workers
Apr 3, 2020, 1:13am UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/02/cdc-mask-guidance-cloth-face-masks/
> On Thursday, the White House said that it will likely soon adjust previous guidelines that discouraged non-health workers from wearing face masks. The change would be issued as “guidance” from the CDC, but according to the president—who continues to hesitate at exerting federal power during the COVID-19 crisis—it will not be made mandatory.
> Supplies of medical-grade masks are still running critically low in many places hard hit—or soon to be hard hit—by the coronavirus. Due to ongoing shortages, the new guidance is expected to concern cloth and non-medical face coverings only.