The use of facemasks may not lead to an increase in hand-face contact.
COVID-19
face touching
facemasks
Journal
Transboundary and emerging diseases
ISSN: 1865-1682
Titre abrégé: Transbound Emerg Dis
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101319538
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
03
05
2020
revised:
11
06
2020
accepted:
20
06
2020
pubmed:
1
7
2020
medline:
17
12
2020
entrez:
29
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Advocacy of the use of facemasks by the public as a measure against the spread of COVID-19 is controversial, with some healthcare professionals arguing that the use of a face mask may increase the rate at which people touch their faces, due to readjusting the mask. We assessed the facial touching behaviour of bus passengers in China before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 and found that wearing a face mask does not increase the number of hand-face contacts and is likely, therefore, to have a positive beneficial effect on suppressing the spread of COVID-19 within populations when used in conjunction with social distancing measures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32594652
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13698
pmc: PMC7362106
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3038-3040Subventions
Organisme : Key Program of Natural Science Project of Anhui Higher Education Institutions
ID : KJ2017A222
Informations de copyright
© 2020 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.
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