The health authority also gave a step by step tutorial on how to wear, remove and dispose of or clean a face mask.

Clean your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer before putting on a mask.

Ensure that your mask fully covers your mouth and nose with no gaps between your face and the mask.

Avoid touching the mask after or when you have worn it.

Remove face mask by passing a finger through the loop of the mask behind one ear and lifting it off, without touching the front of the mask.

The MOH cautions against the use of masks for more than 12 hours at a time.

Do not re-use single-use surgical masks more than twice or N95 masks more than three times.

Replace the mask immediately it is damp or soiled.

When using a re-usable mask, it must be put into soapy or bleach lathered water immediately it is removed.

The reusable mask must be left in the water for five (5) minutes before washing.

Rinse, dry and iron before reuse.

All masks must be disposed into a closed bin or burnt in a safe place after which, the person should immediately wash hands with soap and water and where unavailable, apply alcohol-based sanitizer.

Source: Ministry of HealthÂ