Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed across the world, governments, international agencies, policymakers, and public health officials began recommending widespread use of nonmedical cloth masks to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The authors of this article suggest that there is convincing evidence to support this recommendation.

authors

  • Clase, Catherine
  • Fu, Edouard L
  • Joseph, Meera
  • Beale, Rupert CL
  • Dolovich, Myrna
  • Jardine, Meg
  • Mann, Johannes FE
  • Pecoits-Filho, Roberto
  • Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C
  • Carrero, Juan J

publication date

  • September 15, 2020