• The CDC began recommending that the public should use non-medical and non-surgical masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
• The CDC emphasizes cloth face masks should be used by the general public to conserve surgical masks or N-95 respirators for medical workers.

In a 45-second video, Dr Adams explains an easy way of making a face mask using a piece of cloth.

The CDC began recommending that the public should use non-medical and non-surgical masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Watch video here:

#DYK? CDC’s recommendation on wearing a cloth face covering may help protect the most vulnerable from #COVID19. Watch @Surgeon_General Jerome Adams make a face covering in a few easy steps. https://t.co/bihJ3xEM15 pic.twitter.com/mE7Tf6y3MK

— CDC (@CDCgov) April 4, 2020

The CDC emphasizes that cloth face masks should be used by the general public to conserve surgical masks or N-95 respirators for medical workers.

Earlier, speaking during a show on "Good Morning America", Dr Adams said his office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization all originally agreed that healthy people did not need to wear masks based on the best available science.

Adams said he asked the CDC to re-evaluate this recommendation to see whether or not mask-wearing would prevent transmission of the disease.