Face Cover: It is Time to upgrade our Masks

Omkar Gijare

Vol-5,Issue-6,November - December 2020

Author: Omkar Gijare

Keywords: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Face mask, Lockdown, Social Distancing.

Abstract: The planet Earth is currently facing one of its most critical crises over the history in form of COVID-19 Pandemic. Around the globe, almost every nation is penetrated by Coronavirus and the number of patients is increasing day by day. Along with time, the lockdowns are going on in each nation and their durations are not in condition of limiting. In education and various other sectors, it is being advised to run activities on digital platform but there are limitations on this platform regarding its capacity and its reach. In order to resume classes in schools and other educational institutes, (whenever the situation will permit this) the boundaries of social distancing are going to be very difficult to be maintained. The face cover seems to be one of the solutions for such situations. Only function of this face cover is to avoid direct touch of hands to the face strictly at all conditions. At the same time, it will contain the respiratory particulates of the wearer inside so that if someone is infected, the outbreak will be avoided. This face cover is capable of covering wearer’s hair, mouth, nose and eyes and hence, it provides extensive safety to person from infection hazards. It is also equipped with the provision near mouth for opening so that the food and beverage consumption can be easily performed without removing the whole cover. Thus, the probability of infection can be reduced with such extensive protection and the world can proceed towards unlocking the environment.

Article Info: Received: 05 Sept 2020; Received in revised form: 11 Nov 2020; Accepted: 21 Nov 2020; Available online: 07 Dec 2020

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.56.35