Everyone should wear face masks: Mkhize

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“We’d like to reserve the specialised masks ... for those who are dealing with intense infections in hospitals,” he said.

And, said health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Friday, they can be homemade, made of cloth or even just a carefully folded handkerchief.

Using a piece of paper as an example, he said a handkerchief could be folded in such a way that there were three layers of cloth.

 

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