Mask-wearing is even more important for preventing the virus' spread than social distancing and stay-at-home orders, researchers said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - 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.
Infection trends shifted dramatically when mask-wearing rules were implemented on April 6 in northern Italy and April 17 in New York City - at the time among the hardest hit areas of the world by the health crisis - the study found. When mask-wearing went into effect in New York, the daily new infection rate fell by about 3% per day, researchers said.Direct contact precautions - social distancing, quarantine and isolation, and hand sanitising - were all in place before mask-wearing rules went into effect in Italy and New York City.
"The unique function of face covering to block atomisation and inhalation of virus-bearing aerosols accounts for the significantly reduced infections," they said.
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