national responses to the covid 19 pandemic

  • Masks Work, Major Study Finds

    Masks Work, Major Study Finds

    An enormous randomised trial of communities in Bangladesh seems to provide the clearest evidence yet that regular mask-wearing can impede the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that villages where masks were highly promoted and became more popular experienced noticeably lower rates of covid-like symptoms and confirmed past infections than villages where mask-wearing…