{"id":2788,"date":"2021-01-19T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsite.hscdsb.on.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2788"},"modified":"2021-02-16T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T01:27:26","slug":"ontario-public-health-update-on-facemasks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hscdsb.on.ca\/hscdsbtest\/news\/ontario-public-health-update-on-facemasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Public Health Update on Facemasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2788\" class=\"elementor elementor-2788\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7ace9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7ace9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c35a69\" data-id=\"6c35a69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39cfdf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39cfdf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) updated their guidance on November 3, 2020, regarding<br \/>non-medical (cloth) masks (NMMs) to now recommend that NMMs should be made of at least three layers, with the middle layer being a filter-type fabric. This aligns with guidance issued from the World Health Organization in June 20202. 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