With the discovery of new more contagious coronavirus variants across the world, some healthcare experts are now encouraging people to upgrade their cloth masks. Conventionally three types of masks are being used to prevent Covid-19 a cloth mask, surgical mask and an N95 mask. But now, questions are being raised against the efficacy of cloth and surgical masks in preventing Covid-19’s new strains.

Some health officials are now suggesting a practice popularly called as double masking simply the use of two face masks to increase the level of protection from the coronavirus.