COVID-19 protective textiles for breathable face masks

ABSTRACT

At the end of the year 2019, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV (COVID-19) with high infectivity and lethality swept across the globe. At the time of writing, nearly 100 million people had been infected and more than two million had died from COVID-19. COVID-19 enters the human body through the nose, mouth and eyes, with lung infection being the main route for its rapid spread and pathogenicity. In the past year, wearing breathable face masks and social distancing have played important roles in curbing the spread of COVID-19. Even so, despite the growth of the epidemic over a long time, the production of masks is still not enough to meet demand. This chapter introduces the potential applications of protective textiles from natural resources (PTNR) for COVID-19 breathable face masks. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.