Das Sonali, Sarkar Sagarika, Das Anusree, Das Shreyosree, Chakraborty Pallab, Sarkar Joy
Department of Botany, Dinabandhu Andrews College, 54, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700084, India.
Department of Botany, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, 30, Jessore Rd, K.B.Sarani, Golpark, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700028, India.
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Oct-Dec;12:100835. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100835. Epub 2021 Aug 2.
The science about the usage of face masks by the common public to avert COVID-19 transmission is proceeding swiftly. A primary route of transmission of COVID-19 is probably through small respiratory droplets, and it is transmissible from asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals. According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask in public can help reduce the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Different categories and types of masks and their usage are reviewed in this work. In a nutshell, this review work elucidates the aspects of utilizing the various face masks along with all possibilities to fight against the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19.
关于普通公众使用口罩以避免新冠病毒传播的科学研究进展迅速。新冠病毒的主要传播途径可能是通过小的呼吸道飞沫,并且它可从无症状和症状前个体传播。根据世界卫生组织的说法,在公共场所佩戴口罩有助于减少新冠病毒的传播。这项工作对不同类别和类型的口罩及其使用方法进行了综述。简而言之,这项综述工作阐明了使用各种口罩的各个方面以及对抗当前新冠疫情的所有可能性。