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The effectiveness and benefits of face coverings have been a highly debated topic in the fight against COVID-19 across the world. Numerous health experts such as the Robert Koch Institute have found that despite showing no evidence of protecting the wearer, face coverings significantly reduce the spread of infectious droplets emitted through breathing, speaking, coughing and sneezing and therefore protect others from the wearer.

Face coverings have become a normal part of our everyday life, especially after the government made it mandatory to wear them in many public spaces such as public transport. Even though there are a variety of options on the market, we at Bags of Ethics™ would like to give you useful tips and tricks to encourage you to get your creative juices flowing and easily make your own face covering in the comfort of your own home. All you need is a t-shirt, scarf or any other fabric you like, a pair of scissors and an optional sewing machine.

As part of the next stage of easing lockdown restrictions, the government made wearing face coverings a mandatory requirement for using public transport in England from 15 June. This means that passengers on busses, coaches, trains, undergrounds, ferries, and aircrafts must now cover their mouth and nose to help reducing the spread of COVID-19, when social distancing cannot always be achieved. However, the new regulations also come with a lot of uncertainty about the types of face coverings that are allowed on public transport.

With the restrictions easing across the world after overcoming what is hopefully the worst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are starting to resume a bit of normality. However, in many places, this ‘new normal’ involves having to wear a face covering when out and about. But the question a lot of people are asking is when to wear face coverings? And where should you be wearing them? Everywhere is different, and there are also differing views on the effectiveness of face coverings, however the general consensus across the globe is that face coverings are effective in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Do you wonder where you’re legally obliged to wear a face covering, and where it is recommended to do so? Let us walk you through the “new normal”.

It has been announced today that Professor Venki Ramakrishnan, the head of the UK’s national academy of science, that face coverings should be worn “whenever you are in crowded public spaces”.

New regulations regarding face coverings are being introduced worldwide in an effort reduce the spread of COVID-19. As we all take gradual steps into this new way of life, the question begins to arise – will face coverings become permanent? At Bags of Ethics, we aim to provide you with the latest guidance and forecasts regarding the use and necessity of face coverings.

With the lockdown slowly easing both in the UK and in the rest of the world, face masks are becoming essential in our day-to-day lives.