Wearing masks correctly can effectively cut off the route of virus transmission,and also has a preventive effect on respiratory infectious diseases such as winter flu.

Shenyang Health Service Center reminds that citizens should wear masks in a scientific and normative manner.

△Photo: Zhang Wenkui

Wearing masks is required in these scenes and situations

When people are in shopping malls, supermarkets, cinemas, exhibition halls and other indoor crowded places;

When people take elevators and public transportation;

When people are in crowded open-air squares, theaters, parks and other outdoor venues;

When people see a doctor or accompany patients in the hospital, as well as receive body temperature measuring, health code checking, travel information registering and other health checks;

When people have symptoms such as nasopharynx discomfort, cough, sneezing and fever;

When people are in non-eating state in restaurants or canteens.

What should people pay attention to when wearing masks?

Wear a mask correctly, ensuring that the mask covers the nose, mouth and chin, and the nose clip should be compacted;

If the mask is dirty, deformed, damaged or smelly, it should be replaced in time;

It is not recommended to reuse the mask that have been worn on trans-regional public transportation or in hospitals and other environments;

Masks that need to be reused should be hung in a clean, dry and ventilated place when not in use;

If people feel chest tightness and shortness of breath when wearing a mask, they should immediately go to an open and ventilated place to remove the mask;

When people go out, they should carry spare masks, and store them in the original packaging bag or clean storage bag to avoid extrusion deformation. The discarded masks should be disposed as other waste.

Disposable medical masks and surgical masks are limited to one time use, and the accumulative use time is no more than 8 hours. The mask shall not be used for more than 4 hours by the occupational exposed personnel and shall not be reused.