How NOT to wear a face mask during a pandemic
If even the very tip of your nose is poking out of that face mask to say hello, you are doing it wrong. (iStock Photo)


Face masks are going nowhere – at least not anytime soon.

As the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed recently, wearing a face mask, donning protective eyewear as well as keeping your distance have been the most effective formula yet to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Despite it being declared mandatory to wear a face mask – and properly at that – in all public spaces across Turkey, especially in public transport and in supermarkets, we have seen and continue to see rather bizarre interpretations of ways to wear a face mask.

Be like this, be a model citizen.
As we shared with our readers before, the correct way to wear a face mask is based on these three simple principles: