- Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
- Make sure the mask is right-side up and properly oriented.
- Put the elastic around your ears, or ties the strings behind your head. Make sure the mask fits your face with no gaps.
- Make sure the mask covers your face from the bridge of the nose to chin.
- If your mask has one, bend the nose fitting to fit your nose.
- Don't touch the mask while you're wearing it.
- Wash your hands again before removing.
- When removing it, grab the mask from the strings or elastic, don't touch the front.
- Clean it if it is reusable or dispose of it in a garbage bag.
- Wash your hands again!
The Government of Canada has also released both sew and no sew instructions to make your own face masks.
