Health Ministry to update mask guidelines, says makeshift cover sufficient

The Health Ministry urges Israelis to use makeshift masks, such as wrapping material around one’s face, rather than stocking up on surgical masks amid a worldwide shortage.

Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov says the ministry will release guidelines later today to the public on when and how to don masks.

“We’re not telling the public to go around with surgical masks,” he says, saying a piece of material would suffice.

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