Wearing a face covering became a condition of entry to indoor public spaces in the UK in late July — and, according to at least one poll, some people haven't washed their reusable masks or changed their disposable ones since.

As many as 85 per cent of us aren't washing our fabric face coverings properly in between uses, and 15 per cent have never washed theirs, suggests a YouGov survey from August. 

And among those who opt for disposable masks, more than half aren't binning them after use, but re-wearing them multiple times.