Ricardo Cepeda explains the importance of wearing mask

Both World Health Organization and PH's Department of Health do not recommend individuals to wear a surgical mask or N95 respirator if they are not showing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

This is because these masks must be reserved for healthcare workers and other frontliners who are attending to patients with respiratory infections/symptoms and are exposed to possible carriers of the contagious disease.

That being the case, Ricardo Cepeda cited other types of masks--non-woven mask, reusable mask, cloth mask, and t-shirt mask--that healthy individuals could wear when going out to buy food, medicine, and other essential supplies.

In a video posted on Descendants of the Sun's official Facebook fan page, he lectured that every individual must wear a face mask to prevent the transmission of respiratory droplets as asymptomatic individuals could be a carrier of COVID-19.

"The purpose of the mask is not for us, who are healthy, not to catch it from somebody else but it's more like to cover so we don't transmit. Like I said, a lot of people are getting sick now because they feel they were not around people who are sick. Because the people who they think are sick are the ones who have symptoms," the 53-year-old actor explained.

"This is not for me but to protect the people I'm around with," he then stressed.

Moreover, Ricardo also encouraged individuals to wear eye protection since the virus enters the body not just through the nose and mouth but through the eyes, as well.

On top of that, he emphasized that it's best to stay at home to assure one's safety.

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