Wear Face Masks Only When Social Distancing Is Difficult – WHO

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has come out to say that face masks should only be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had this to say in a recent statement.

According to him, this is in line with evolving evidence amid the pandemic, and citizens all over the world should take it seriously.

He added that face masks are just one part of an effective strategy to suppress the virus and should not be mistaken as the main form of security.

His words, “In light of evolving evidence, WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear face masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult,”

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations.

The WHO constitution has been signed by 61 countries (all 51 member countries and 10 others) on 22 July 1946, with the first meeting of the World Health Assembly finishing on 24 July 1948. It incorporated the Office International d’Hygiène Publique and the League of Nations Health Organization. Since its establishment, it has played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases such as sexual and reproductive health, development, and aging; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

The WHO is responsible for the World Health Report, the worldwide World Health Survey, and World Health Day. The current Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom, also served as Ethiopian Health Minister from 2005 to 2012 and as Ethiopian Foreign Minister from 2012 to 2016. Adhanom started his five-year term on 1 July 2017.