Sparta: CDC Information On Cloth Face Masks

Press release from Sparta Township:

June 30, 2020

The Center for Disease Control has released the following guidance for wearing cloth face coverings:

• The CDC recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public settings when around people not in their immediate household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain
• Cloth face covering may help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others
• Cloth face coverings are most likely to reduce the spread of COVID-19 when they are widely used by people in public settings
• Cloth face coverings should not be worn by people under the age of two or anyone who has trouble breathing, is unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance

For more information from the Center of Disease Control, please see the following document:

CDC Face Mask Information

This press release was produced by Sparta Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.