Canada’s top doctor, also a top medical officer dispensed some important sexual education today for those attempting to date during a pandemic: consider wearing a mask during sex, especially wearing masks when having sex with a partner for the first time.

This new requirement came from Hanoi's steering committee for Covid-19 prevention and control on Friday.

World news today May 12: The White House has ordered staff to wear masks at all times except while working at their desks following several high-profile White House staffers tested positive for nCoV. Meanwhile, China's Wuhan city has ordered officials to test its entire population of 11 million people after several new infections reported for the first time since its lockdown was lifted. 

Vietnamese Lt Col Nguyen Thi Lien has made masks for her colleagues stationed in Central Africa to help them cope with Covid-19.