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  2. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    US Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Kim accompanied by local officials at the Presidential Palace wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

  3. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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    A public service announcement from the Government of California encouraging people to wear masks to "slow the spread". In late March 2020, some government officials began to focus on the wearing of masks to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 as opposed to protecting the wearer; former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stated in a report that face masks would be "most effective" at slowing its ...

  4. Public health mitigation of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan increased face mask production and penalised hoarding of medical supplies. [13] The zero-COVID approach aims to prevent viral transmission, using a number of different measures, including vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions such as contact-tracing and quarantine.

  5. Fact check: WHO recommends mask-wearing to prevent ... - AOL

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    An online article is spreading the baseless claim that the World Health Organization changed its guidance on mask-wearing. Fact check: WHO recommends mask-wearing to prevent COVID-19 spread Skip ...

  6. In contrast to Trump, Pence encourages wearing masks to ...

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    Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday encouraged people living in areas with coronavirus outbreaks to wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus. At a news conference alongside Texas and Trump ...

  7. Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose ... - AOL

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    According to recent independent lab tests commissioned by TheNew York Times, two masks in particular — Enro ($16.50 each) and Happy Masks Pro ($24 a pop) blocked “94 percent to 99 percent of ...

  8. Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Social distancing, or physical distancing, [2] [3] [4] is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.

  9. Why Masks Still Matter - AOL

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