Face masks vital to fend off Covid-19
face masks are useful in controlling the spread of the novel virus has been debated, but now a new study has confirmed that they are vital in doing so.
As part of the study, the team investigated how easily the Covid-19 virus can pass from person to person. By looking at mitigation procedures in New York, Italy, and China the team discovered that using a face mask reduced the number of infections by 78,000 in Italy and 66,000 in New York during the period of 6 April – 9 May.
“This inexpensive practice, in conjunction with social distancing and other procedures, is the most likely opportunity to stop the Covid cision-making for the current and future public health pandemics.” According to Zhang, people in China have worn face masks for years because of the bad air quality of the country.
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