BBC: Coronavirus: WHO advises to wear masks in public areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
The global body said new information showed they could provide "a barrier for potentially infectious droplets".
Some countries already recommend or mandate face coverings in public.
The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks.
However, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that "in light of evolving evidence, the WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments".
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Update #1: WHO calls on nations to encourage the public to wear fabric face masks where coronavirus is spreading (CNN)
Update #2: WHO reverses position on face masks as coronavirus cases climb (NYPost)
WNU Editor: For an organization that is responsible for our health, they have been an utter failure on this crisis.
Update #3: I would also add all of our political leaders who have been ordering us to stay in our homes to this list .... Public Health Experts Have Undermined Their Own Case for the COVID-19 Lockdowns (Reason). Case in point is my own Prime Minister who has been ordering us to stay home, and then breaks it because of politics .... Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Takes A Knee At Anti-Racism Protest On Parliament Hill (June 5, 2020).
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