Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented ...
A man wearing a mask waits at a bus stop in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , London, Britain, Jun 5, 2020. REUTERS: Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests.
"This protective measure alone significantly reduced the number of infections, that is, by over 78,000 in Italy from April 6 to May 9 and over 66,000 in New York City from Apr 17 to May 9," researchers calculated.
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