How to Ideas: Create Your Own Mask & Disinfect Your Home
Here’s an easy guide to resources and tips to help keep you and your family safe during COVID-19.
Make Your Own Mask:
The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing.
According to the CDC, cloth face coverings should:
fit snugly but comfortably against the side of the face
be secured with ties or ear loops
include multiple layers of fabric
allow for breathing without restriction
be able to be laundered and machine dried without damage or change to shape
Here’s some video tutorials to assist you:
DYI Ideas for Non-Sewing Face Masks
Quick Idea with Fabric or T-Shirt
How to Sew Your Own Mask:
10 Minute Tutorial - Quick and Easy
Face Masks to Give to Medical Personnel by Joann Fabrics
How to Clean & Disinfect Your Home
The CDC recommends wearing disposable gloves to clean high-touch services daily including tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, sinks, etc. Here’s the CDC online guide to everyday steps you can take. You can also check out these how-to videos:
How to Sanitize your Groceries
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