The containment of the Virus is to Wear a mouth and nose protection is even more important than distance rules, and curfews, is it in the American magazine PNAS published study. PNAS stands for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
thanks to the mask duty of the infection have changed events dramatically, as this measure in the North of Italy on the 6. April and in New York on 17. Introduced April had been.
“Alone, this protective measure, the number of infections reduced significantly, by over 78’000 in Italy, from the 6. April to 9. May and to more than 66’000 in New York City from 17. April to 9. May”, calculated by the scientists.
In Switzerland has been discussed, the topic of mask is compulsory from the beginning controversial. The Federal office for health has been prescribed in the corona of crisis, never a mask of duty. In public transport, it is currently recommended by the announcement that passengers should, in particular, in the rush hours and a mask.
(SDA)
