😱WHO advises the public to wear a mask as Sri Lanka sees a big jump in numbers

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ECONOMYNEXT – The World Health Organisation is updating its stance on wearing masks as a COVID 19 prevention measure the Reuters News agency reported today, asking everyone to wear fabric face masks in public where there is a risk of infection.

This came as Sri Lanka noted a near 50 per cent jump in cases in the past 3 weeks.

Sri Lanka has already mandated that everybody wear masks in public, even though the WHO had earlier did not say masks were compulsory.

Reuters reported that in its new guidance, prompted by evidence from studies conducted in recent weeks, the WHO stressed that face masks were only one of a range of tools that can reduce the risk of viral transmission, and should not give a false sense of protection.

“Masks on their own will not protect you from COVID-19,” the WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a briefing.

Reuters reported the WHO’s technical lead expert on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, as saying “We are advising governments to encourage that the general public wears a mask. And we specify a fabric mask – that is, a non-medical mask.”

Local experts we spoke to said that the hi-tech medical masks may be too restrictive and make a person breathless.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has seen a staggering 48 per cent increase in confirmed COVID 19 cases in the last three weeks, according to the Health Department.

The total number of COVID 19 cases since the outbreak climbed to 1,810 today as nine more confirmed patients were recorded.

https://economynext.com/who-advises...s-sri-lanka-sees-a-big-jump-in-numbers-70735/

 

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ECONOMYNEXT – The World Health Organisation is updating its stance on wearing masks as a COVID 19 prevention measure the Reuters News agency reported today, asking everyone to wear fabric face masks in public where there is a risk of infection.

This came as Sri Lanka noted a near 50 per cent jump in cases in the past 3 weeks.

Sri Lanka has already mandated that everybody wear masks in public, even though the WHO had earlier did not say masks were compulsory.

Reuters reported that in its new guidance, prompted by evidence from studies conducted in recent weeks, the WHO stressed that face masks were only one of a range of tools that can reduce the risk of viral transmission, and should not give a false sense of protection.

“Masks on their own will not protect you from COVID-19,” the WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a briefing.

Reuters reported the WHO’s technical lead expert on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, as saying “We are advising governments to encourage that the general public wears a mask. And we specify a fabric mask – that is, a non-medical mask.”

Local experts we spoke to said that the hi-tech medical masks may be too restrictive and make a person breathless.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has seen a staggering 48 per cent increase in confirmed COVID 19 cases in the last three weeks, according to the Health Department.

The total number of COVID 19 cases since the outbreak climbed to 1,810 today as nine more confirmed patients were recorded.

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https://economynext.com/who-advises...s-sri-lanka-sees-a-big-jump-in-numbers-70735/

But his jump happened due to Navy and foreign clusters right? Not due to community spread?
Anyway good move.

 

[Emios]

Dan lankawe corona nedda.updates ne

 

[RandomGuy]

WHO karayo kiyana boru bn owa.
lankawe corona ne.

 

[visalbro]

මේවා හරි විදියට දෙන data නෙමේනේ බන්.navy eke අයට හැදුන එක මේකට ගන්න බෑ.සමාජේ අතුලේ පැතිරීමක් නෑනේ දැන්.අනික ඔය who එකේ ඉන්න උන් මොක්කුද බන් .දේශපාලනය කරන උන්ද.health පැත්තේ දැනුම තියෙන උන් ඕකේ ඇත්තෙම නැද්ද මන්දා. මුකුත් කරන්නෙ නෑනෙ මුන්. පරීක්ශනයක් උනත් කරන්නෙ මොකක් හරි රටක university එකකින්නේ

 

[RandomGuy]

මේවා හරි විදියට දෙන data නෙමේනේ බන්.navy eke අයට හැදුන එක මේකට ගන්න බෑ.සමාජේ අතුලේ පැතිරීමක් නෑනේ දැන්.අනික ඔය who එකේ ඉන්න උන් මොක්කුද බන් දේශපාලනය කරන උන්දා health පැත්තේ දැනුම තියෙන උන් ඕකේ ඇත්තෙම නැද්ද මන්දා මුකුත් කරන්නෙ නෑනෙ මුන් පරීක්ශනයක් උනත් කරන්නෙ මොකක් හරි රටක university එකකින්නේ

okun danna reddak ne.

 

[asylum]

bump.