Open AccessImportance of Face Masks during COVID-19
Author(s) -
Umaima khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of jinnah sindh medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2523-1316
pISSN - 2409-7381
DOI - 10.46663/ajsmu.v6i2.78-79
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , face masks , outbreak , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , virus , nose , face (sociological concept) , limit (mathematics) , internet privacy , medicine , computer science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics , telecommunications , pathology , anatomy , social science , mathematical analysis , sociology
Corona virus disease also known as COVID-19 is a respiratory infection that is caused by the virus SARSCoV- 2, that spreads among the people by respiratory droplets usually produced by sneeze and cough, and by touching an object or surface used by an infected person. As COVID-19 pandemic is increasing, the best way to limit the outbreak is the use of face masks1,2 which helps in preventing transmission of the virus from a person to another by creating a barrier between the oral cavity and the nose of the wearer with the potential contaminants in the surroundings.3