06/04/2020
The Medical Officer of Health, Dr Ivan Muscat, has issued updated advice on covering the nose and mouth with cloth face masks when out in public, in response to growing expert support of this protective measure.
Dr Muscat explains that, although there is limited direct data on the use of cloth masks for coronavirus, there is good supportive evidence from other infections and good theoretical reasons to believe they will be helpful. Dr Muscat says it is therefore reasonable to conclude that such masks are an additional way to help reduce the transmission of the virus.
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