Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemicdoi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30134-XShuo FengChen ShenNan XiaWei SongBenjamin J CowlingThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine
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especially in the health, food and food service sector. The SUP Directive does not cover personal protection equipment like single-use face masks or gloves that have increased in use and in litter in the environment due to the efforts to fight the COVID pandemic. Nonetheless, such waste...
The use of surgical masks as an infection control measure is common in East and South East Asia, and was recommended early on in the pandemic by governments in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan for healthy persons in crowded public spaces, while masks were also recommended for symptomatic persons ...
“I think when historians go back and look at what was said and done during this pandemic, one of the absolute lowest moments from a scientific perspective and a public policy practice will be what we did with ‘masks,’” Osterholm said, putting the term in verbal air quotes. ...
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed numerous regulations to protect public health, particularly the (mandatory) use of face masks. However, the appropriateness and effectiveness of face mask regulations have been widely discussed, as i
VALLETTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Malta will lift the mandatory wearing of masks in open public spaces from March 14 as the COVID-19 pandemic situation is "under control," Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, Fearne also said that obligatory quarantine fo...
lives are proving a deadly danger for wildlife,with birds and sea creatures trapped in the shocking number of thrown-away facial coverings.Single-use masks have been found around pavements,waterways and beaches worldwide.Worn once,the thin protective materials can take hundreds of ye...
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The students in this study had poor knowledge and a neutral attitude towards and modest use practices of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being female, being a nursing student, and having greater self-reported COVID-19-prevention knowledge were related to higher levels of face mask ...