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As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many face mask patterns call for elastic to secure the fabric to your face, to protect against the coronavirus. But if you can’t find elastic, what can you replace it with? There are ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Save the fancy N95 masks for those on the front-line of the Covid-19 pandemic and make your own ...

In the midst of this crazy coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been making masks and sharing the process over on Instagram. Lots of you want to make masks as well and this is by far the easiest way to convey ...

FROM Monday June 15 face coverings will become mandatory on public transport in England. The new rules will apply on tubes, trains buses, ferries and planes but people will not have to wear them ...

Dear Judith: Elastic is harder to find then toilet paper these days! I have been making a few masks also and ran out of elastic. I went to a dollar store and bought elastic hair pony tail bands. I use ...

SINGAPORE - I received many enquiries from readers after I wrote about making masks at home with my mother Sheila Khoo, 68, a sewing enthusiast who makes cloth masks to give to friends. She uses ...

Up to this point in the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials in the United States have advised healthy civilians against wearing face masks, despite a growing grass-roots masks-for-all ...