*People who don’t cover their mouths are making a big mistake, says director general of Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
*Advice comes as number of confirmed infections in US nears 105,000
People in the United States and Europe are wrong not to wear face masks in public during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the head of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. “The big mistake in the US and Europe, in my opinion, is that people aren’t wearing masks,” Gao Fu, the agency’s director general, said in an interview with Science Magazine, one of the world’s leading academic journals. “This virus is transmitted by droplets and close contact,” he said. “Droplets play a very important role – you’ve got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there are always droplets coming out of your mouth.”
*Advice comes as number of confirmed infections in US nears 105,000
People in the United States and Europe are wrong not to wear face masks in public during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the head of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. “The big mistake in the US and Europe, in my opinion, is that people aren’t wearing masks,” Gao Fu, the agency’s director general, said in an interview with Science Magazine, one of the world’s leading academic journals. “This virus is transmitted by droplets and close contact,” he said. “Droplets play a very important role – you’ve got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there are always droplets coming out of your mouth.”
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