Category: Facemasks
UK: Keep kids at home if they are sick, adults should wear a mask
UKHSA: Keep kids at home if they are sick, unwell adults should wear a facemask.
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It’s Britain’s third-largest Covid wave ever, and it’s still climbing…
New figures out today from UK Covid app ZOE show there are currently 3,092,451 symptomatic cases of Covid-19 in Britain, making it the third-largest Covid wave ever, and the wave is still growing.… ...More...
COVID-19 reinfections increase risk of organ failure, death
New research published in Nature Medicine magazine shows the devastating damage that can be caused to the human body by Covid-19 reinfections, with each reinfection increasing the risk, regardless of vaccination status.… ...More...
Singapore: XBB variant more prevalent in those without a previous Covid infection
Singapore’s Health Minister, Ong Ye Kung, has said that he expects the current XBB SARS-CoV-2 wave to peak in mid-November 2022. … ...More...
Ebola case fatality rate is between 40% to 90%
“The illness has a case fatality rate of between 40% to 90% (depending on the virus species) with SUDV having a case fatality rate of approximately 50% seen in previous outbreaks.”… ...More...
North Korea: Masks mandated for the winter to prevent Covid-19
North Korea has announced a facemask mandate for the entire nation to begin in October and to last all winter. … ...More...
Italy: 203 people fined for not wearing a mask on public transport
203 people, including 31 children and 11 drivers, were caught and fined a total of €81,000.… ...More...
India: BA.2.75 Centaurus takes off in Dehli, masks mandatory again
In Delhi, India, 2146 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours.… ...More...
Preprint: The efficacy of facemasks in the prevention of Covid-19
The probability of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was just 7%, whereas the probability of getting COVID-19 for non-mask wearers was 52%.… ...More...
Monkeypox: CDC advises infected to wear a mask and isolate
CDC updated advice on monkeypox: “Cover the lesions, wear a well-fitting mask, and avoid public transportation when leaving the home”.… ...More...