Open Access<p>Achieving Universal Wearing of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Practical Solution from Shanghai, China</p>
Author(s) -
Tiantian Zhang,
Qian Wang,
Wenming Shi,
Tao Sheng,
Jiaxing Liu,
Jiejin Zhao,
Yuanmin Huang,
Yutian Xia,
Zhanyi Liu,
Ruiming Dai,
Zhenyu Bao,
Ping Wu,
Site Xu,
Li Luo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s280672
Subject(s) - covid-19 , face masks , pandemic , virology , china , face (sociological concept) , medicine , betacoronavirus , geography , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , philosophy , disease , archaeology , linguistics
Face masks are basic protective equipment for preventing respiratory infectious diseases. The measures to properly dispose of and allocate face masks during the early stage of an epidemic caused by respiratory infectious diseases deserve worldwide attention.