Health
Consistency is key: Covid could be eradicated if at least 70% people wore face masks, says study – Economic Times
The type of material used and the duration of mask use play key roles in their effectiveness.
SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 pandemic could be stopped if at least 70 per cent of the public wore face masks consistently, according to a review of studies which suggests that the type of material used and the duration of mask use play key roles in their effectiveness.
The research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, assessed studies on face masks and reviewed epidemiological reports on whether they reduce the number of people an infected person spreads the pathogen to – the reproduction number…
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