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Masks worn by US hairdressers may have stopped COVID-19 spread to clients, says US CDC report – ABC News
The two hair stylists unknowingly worked cutting hair for about a week while infectious with coronavirus before feeling ill from May 21.
The masks worn by two US hairdressers may have spared 139 clients from contracting COVID-19, a report from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found.
Key points:
- The first stylist wore a double-layered cotton facemask, while the second stylist wore either a cotton face covering or a surgical mask.
- Contact tracing found none of the exposed customers, or their secondary contacts, had COVID-19 symptoms
- The report found face coverings “could mitigate the spread of…
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