Facemasks and the Covid 19 pandemic: What advice should health professionals be giving the general public about the wearing of facemasks?

Nurs Health Sci. 2020 Jun;22(2):339-342. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12724.

Authors

Teresa E Stone^{1

2

3}, Wipada Kunaviktikul¹, Mieko Omura³, Marcia Petrini¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan.
³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Health Education*
Humans
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*