The Journal of infection
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The Journal of infection · Sep 2020
Comment LetterMass masking as a way to contain COVID-19 and exit lockdown in low- and middle-income countries.
In new guidelines published on June 5th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in areas with ongoing COVID-19 community transmission, governments should encourage the general public to wear face masks in specific situations and settings as part of a comprehensive approach to suppress COVID-19 transmission. Recent online surveys in 206,729 persons residing in nine low- and middle-income countries showed that 32.7%-99.7% of respondents used face masks with significant differences across age groups and sexes. Targeted health promotion strategies and government support are required to increase mask use by the general population.
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The Journal of infection · Sep 2020
Multicenter StudySnapshot PCR surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in hospital staff in England.
Significant nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been demonstrated. Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 carriage amongst HCWs at work is necessary to inform the development of HCW screening programmes to control nosocomial spread. ⋯ Public Health England.