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Face masks: 20 key facts about wearing them safely – The Irish Times

Type, washing frequency, duration of disposability: all you need to know about masks

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The percentage of people in Ireland wearing face masks in public is quite low far lower than the 83.4 per cent uptake reported in Italy. This is despite face masks now being mandatory on public transport in Ireland. 
A mask, says Martin McKee who qualified in medicine in Belfast and is a professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is a means of reducing the propensity of someone who has got Covid-19 to spread it to others. Were not talking about pro…

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