As many provinces across Canada begin to loosen public health restrictions and gradually open their economies, federal public health officials are now officially recommending that people wear non-medical masks in situations where physical distancing isn’t possible.
After initially advising against wearing non-medical masks, federal health officials said in April that people who don’t have symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, could wear non-medical masks when in public as “an additional measure” to protect others — but officials didn’t present it as an official recommendation.
Updated recommendations on the use of non-medical masks amid the ongoing pandemic will be posted on the government’s website later on