Wear masks in public says WHO, in update of Covid-19 advice | Malay Mail

LONDON, June 5 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission of Covid-19 to help reduce the spread of the pandemic disease. In its new guidance,...

A healthcare worker wearing a protective face mask and suit pushes a patient in a wheelchair near the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre hospital during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 28, 2020. — Reuters pic

In its new guidance, prompted by evidence from studies conducted in recent weeks, the WHO stressed that face masks were only one of a range of tools that can reduce the risk of viral transmission, and should not give a false sense of protection. “We have new research findings,” she added. “We have evidence now that if this is done properly it can provide a barrier ... for potentially infectious droplets.”

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