HEATHER ZAR | Wearing a mask can save your life, says top SA doctor

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Masks may reduce transmission of Covid–19 as well as TB, says paediatric respiratory disease specialist Prof Heather Zar.

In the picture are residents of Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, during the Covid-19 lockdown, photographed on March 30 2020.Covid-19 is a fast-moving epidemic with new knowledge emerging daily. President Cyril Ramaphosa, health minister Zweli Mkhize and others have shown outstanding leadership in rapidly implementing public health measures to address it.

Similarly in Hong Kong, most healthy people wore masks in public places. Following an early wave of imported Covid ——19 cases, there were few local transmissions, but clusters of cases occurred in some families where masks were not worn. There was also a drop in laboratory detection of influenza and all other respiratory viruses.Firstly, transmission may occur from people who don’t have any symptoms or prior to development of their symptoms.

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention endorses this approach. Several countries have now implemented this in South East Asia as well as the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently changed its guidelines to recommend widespread use of cloth masks in public. The Western Cape department of health has also recently recommended that individuals wear a cloth mask in public places.

 

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