a well-Known doctor and TV presenter Alexander butchers explained what is actually in the period of a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus need gloves and masks.
According to him, the best way to avoid infection is the observance of social distance. But gloves can also carry viruses and bacteria, and dirty hands. However, due to the too frequent hand washing and use of antiseptics can be irritation on the skin. To avoid this you need to use gloves.
“the Glove itself is the same source of viruses and bacteria, and dirty hands. They need to constantly change after each contact or treated with antiseptic… Glove performs its role only until the first contact”, — quotes the words of Myasnikov, the RIA Novosti news Agency.
Specialist advises the use of knitted gloves, as they can not be treated with antiseptic.
“Or you change them a hundred times a day, or they are contagious and dangerous to others,” he explained.
Medical masks do not protect from infection COVID-19, but can reduce the risk of spread of infection from already infected people.
“Because the coronavirus is spreading in the asymptomatic period, some people may not know they are contagious or not, so we wear masks at all,” said the doctor.
