Coronavirus Outbreak: Can masks actually help protect you from infection?


The following guidelines have been issued by the WHO for mask use:

As India keeps confirming an ever-increasing tally of positive cases for the Novel Coronavirus (n-CoV) infection, the panic around the epidemic has reached its zenith worldwide. The global death toll has crossed 3,300, including 3,042 in China, and according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s estimates, at least 98,000 global cases have been affected.

In the wake of this outbreak, which is being called the largest such case outside of China, people have resorted to adopting several precautionary measures. Several of them, however, are being counter-productive, taken in a feat of panic, and might end up actually hurting the actual affected, instead of helping.

Considering the need of the hour, we have decided to bust a few myths regarding the steps people are taking to counter the coronavirus.

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