Public Health England issues urgent warning to parents on face masks for children and babies
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPendle Family Zone facebook group, which represents ‘Children and Family Wellbeing Services’ in Lancashire, shared a worrying post to its page warning against the use of them.They said: “One of ELHT's [East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust] amazing Community Midwives has brought this to our attention, after seeing this promoted as a cute idea for babies.“Please, please, please do not do this!"Babies are too little to wear a mask, and this design looks like it would increase the risk of suffocation."They quoted The Lullaby Trust, which raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which said: "We are not aware of any advice for babies to wear masks, whether they are infected or not."There is a potential risk of suffocation and other.
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