Moscow. June 5. INTERFAX.RU — the world health organization (who) recommends wearing medical masks when there is a rapid “active mass distribution” coronavirus infection and there is no way to keep distance. So now the organization is advised to wear masks to everyone, but in certain cases.
As explained by the head of the who tedros adhanom Ghebreyesus, wear masks, for example, in public transport, shops or other buildings that people frequent.
Previously, the organization has refrained from recommendations of the universal wearing of masks. In April Rospotrebnadzor has published the who guidelines, which stated that the medical mask is not needed for healthy people, “because there is no data on its usefulness to protect healthy people”. Then they were advised to wear only for patients with coronavirus to infect others.
it was Noted that the wearing of masks, in absence of evidence, can lead to unnecessary costs increase the burden on the procurement system and create a false sense of security, which can lead to the neglect of other important measures, such as practice hand hygiene.
In many countries have introduced requirements of wearing masks in public places. For example, in Moscow the introduction of the new phase of the lifting of restrictions was approved by the requirement to carry in public places, masks and gloves, and on the street — mask. Not all experts agree that the mask needed on the street, as chair of the Department of Microbiology, Virology and immunology, First Moscow state medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, academician Vitaly Zverev said that “outside the mask is not just useless, but harmful”.
During the pandemic coronavirus in the world was more than 6.7 million cases of the disease. Nearly 400 thousand people died.
currently, many countries began to relax the restrictive measures, but urge citizens to continue to comply with increased security measures, including to keep your distance and wear a medical mask.
