😷 Face with Medical Mask
Also known as: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Mask Face, Surgical Mask
Description
A yellow face wearing a white surgical mask, as used by health workers in hospitals as well as the general public during a pandemic. May be worn to avoid sickness or spreading airborne diseases. Displayed with closed eyes on most platforms. Google, and WhatsApp show this emoji with neutral eyes. Apple changed this emoji to show with smiling eyes in iOS 14.2 and above, as did Microsoft in their Windows 11 November 2021 update. In 2020, this emoji became primarily used in reference to Coronavirus / COVID-19.
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| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :face_with_medical_mask: | |
| GitHub | :mask: | |
| Slack | :mask: | |
| Discord | :mask: |
Additional Information
A person with a surgical mask on their face, generally used in a hospital setting, or when working with dangerous fumes. Also seen in public http://emojipedia.org/face-with-medical-mask/
- That carries germs.
- Full of germs or pathological microorganisms
- Full of germs.
- Having a bad smell.
- Having or relating to the smell of funk.
- Having a pungent smell.
- Offensively malodorous
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- To infect with a disease.
- Put a mask on or cover with a mask
- To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury.
- Inflammation of nose and pharynx.
- The common cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which primarily affects the nose.
- An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx
- A contagious viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system
- A contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system; common symptoms include cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion and sneezing.
- Viral infectious disease
- A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.
- A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
- A severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus.
- A severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates, monkeys and chimpanzees, caused by the Ebola virus.
- Illness caused by the Ebola virus.
- An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.