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Mag-double mask kontra COVID-19: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 03:24 PM

Hinikayat ng Department of Health ang publiko na mag-double mask o magsuot ng cloth mask sa ibabaw ng surgical mask para sa karagdagang proteksyon laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Biden administration to give away free N95 masks, home test kits

TJ Manotoc | TFC News Daly City, California
Posted at Jan 20 07:56 PM

To help fight off the Omicron surge in the US, the Biden administration will give away 400 million N95 masks for free, as well as four home Covid-19 test kits per household. Read more »

US to distribute 400M free N95 masks in COVID fight

Jeff Mason and Lisa Baertlein, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 05:04 AM

The move came after President Joe Biden and his team faced criticism for not doing enough to foster masking or bolster testing. Read more »

ALAMIN: Angkop na face masks sa gitna ng COVID-19 surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:01 PM

Hindi na umano kailangan mag-double mask kung N95, KN95, at KF94 ang gamit dahil mabisa na ang mga ito. Read more »

How to spot a fake N95, KN95 or KF94 mask

Aneth Ng-Lim
Updated as of Apr 11 09:55 AM

One of the urgent things you need to do as we face another COVID-19 surge is to check the fit of your face mask, and possibly even consider an upgrade to a respirator. Read more »

Experimental clip-on device finds virus particles in air

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 13 08:18 AM

An small experimental device designed to be attached to clothing may be able to tell whether the wearer has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 particles in the air. Read more »

Tips para sa tamang pagsusuot ng iba-ibang klase ng face mask

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 12:58 PM

Paano nga ba ang tamang paraan ng pagsusuot ng face mask para makaiwas sa mas nakakahawang omicron variant ng COVID-19? Read more »

DOH urges residents near rumbling Taal: Wear dust mask, eye protection

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 11:55 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday urged residents near the Taal volcano to wear proper protective equipment against the sulfur dioxide being emitted by the volcano. Read more »

N95 masks panawagan ng mga apektado ng volcanic smog sa Batangas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 02:30 PM

Nananawagan ang opisyal ng barangay na malapit sa Bulkang Taal ng karagdagang suplay ng mga N95 mask sa harap ng tumitinding volcanic smog o vog sa Batangas.  Read more »

Coronavirus: Time to wear a better mask, experts say

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 02:17 PM

WASHINGTON - As new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus spread, experts say it's time to consider using a medical-grade respirator, or wearing a surgical and cloth mask together. Read more »

Is it time we upgrade our face masks? Foreign doctors say yes, Pinoy doctors think we’re fine

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Feb 08 09:09 PM

Who should we listen to?    Read more »

Two men charged in US with scheme to sell 50 million nonexistent N95 masks

Allyson Waller, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 27 02:48 AM

Two Houston-area men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they negotiated a deal to sell 50 million nonexistent N95 masks to a foreign government in an attempt to defraud it out of more than $317 million, US federal officials said Tuesday.   Read more »

A new study questions whether masks protect wearers. You need to wear them anyway.

Gina Kolata, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 19 09:30 AM

Researchers in Denmark reported on Wednesday that surgical masks did not protect the wearers against infection with the coronavirus in a large randomized clinical trial. But the findings conflict with those from a number of other studies, experts said, and is not likely to alter public health recommendations in the United States. Read more »

Ano ang mga pinaka-effective na face mask laban sa COVID-19?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 07:20 PM

Lumabas sa isang pag-aaral sa Amerika na epektibo ang medical masks kontra sa COVID-19.  Read more »

US says some masks made in China shouldn’t be reused

James Gorman, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 08 08:39 AM

The US Food and Drug Administration on Sunday changed its policy on decontamination for some N95 masks mainly used by health professionals, saying certain masks made in China should not be reused.   Read more »

US sues Chinese firm over half-million 'fake' N95 masks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 05:43 PM

The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half-million fake and substandard N95 respirator to US buyers in April as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country. Read more »