New research suggests that wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus may be more effective than previously thought. Find out more on Grazia.
is most effective for healthy people, advising we stay two metres away from each other as opposed to the one metre guideline by the WHO. They also maintain that ‘the best way to protect yourself from infections like coronavirus is to regularly wash your hands with soap and water.’‘Face masks play a very important role in clinical settings, such as hospitals, but there’s very little evidence of widespread benefit from their use outside of these clinical settings.
This finding means that the current concept of ‘safe distances’ may not be completely sound, with Professor Lydia Bourouiba, who led the study, saying she is ‘concerned’ about it. ‘Flimsy masks are not going to protect from inhaling the smallest particulates in the air because they do not provide filtration,’ Professor Bourouiba said. ‘But they would potentially divert the cloud that is being emitted with high momentum to the side instead of forward.
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