The Use of Face Masks as a Protection Instrument Against of the New Coronavirus Pandemic Amélia Cohn, Daniela da Cunha Santos

Abstract

The present work focus on the face mask use as a strategy to contain the cases of COVID-19 in the world, presenting some concepts related to its use as an efficient public health instrument to contain the pandemic. The works general objective is to substantiate the importance attributed by specialists in the health area to the incorporation of face mask use into the social routine during the pandemic period. For this purpose, an exploratory bibliographic research was developed to support this text.