Children over the age of 12 wear a mask when a distance of one meter from others cannot be guaranteed and widespread transmission in the region, WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a dated document on the WHO website. . August 21.
The fact that young people between the ages of 6 and 11 wear a mask depends on several factors, such as the intensity of transmission in the area, the child’s ability to wear the mask, access to the mask, and good enough adult supervision, the two organizations said.
Perspectives that have an effect on learning and psychosocial development, as well as the child’s interactions with others at risk of serious illness, also deserve to play a role.
Children under the age of five should not wear a mask because of the child’s protection and general interest, WHO and UNICEF said.
Studies recommend that older youth potentially play a more active role in the transmission of the new coronavirus than most young people, WHO and UNICEF said, and added that more knowledge is needed to better perceive the role of young people and adolescents in the transmission of the virus. reasons COVID-19.
WHO first pleaded with others to wear masks in public on June 5 to help reduce the spread of the disease, but in the past it had not issued express rules for children.
More than 23 million people have reportedly become inflamed with international coronavirus since it first became known in China last year and 798997 have died, according to a Reuters count.