OVIEDO, Fla. – Oviedo Mayor Megan Sladek recommended Tuesday that residents wear homemade face masks in public places to avoid spreading infectious droplets that carry the coronavirus illness.
Sladek sent an email to residents with ways to prevent the respiratory illness, known as COVID-19, from spreading, addressing the fact that even though everyone has been asked to remain 6 feet away from each other in public, there are people who get the virus and are asymptomatic and never show symptoms.
COVID-19 is spread through droplets from sneezes and coughs and can be spread from person to person. Sladek said one way to prevent coronavirus infections is to think like everyone has the virus. [MORE: Tips to keep you safe when you’re social