In Europe doctors called homemade mask useless to protect from COVID-19
AGN Moscow / Sofia Sangerska
the Head of the standing Committee of European doctors, the Chairman of the Council of the world medical Association (WMA) Professor Frank Ulrich Montgomery called homemade masks that have become popular in recent years, useless, reports “Interfax”.
“the Scientific use of masks is not proven. As for homemade masks, for me it is an expression of social solidarity,” he said.
a Homemade mask, unlike health, is not filtered air as desired, and generally not needed, he explained.
the Robert Koch Institute (Germany) and the world health organization also argue that the mask makes sense to wear a sick man, not to spread the virus further, and a healthy person mask is not required.
in Addition to homemade masks people use to protect against virus construction respirators FFP2 and FFP3, Montgomery also believes it is effective.
“Using FFP3 really hard to breathe through FFP2 still possible”, – he added.We will remind, recently the CPS advised Russians not to buy homemade masks on the Internet. Online ads appear on the sale of reusable masks, made from woven materials. While these masks are not medical products and are not accompanied by instructions for use.
the Mask is only effective in combination with other prevention methods (avoiding contact, frequent hand washing, disinfection of objects), and the need for their useunder various different groups of people and in different situations.
