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Take caution, but you don’t require that face mask

When the Chinese government initiated a lockdown in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, there was an upsurge in the demand for face masks in the country. Can wearing a face mask protect you against coronavirus? If it is a regular face mask, the answer is no.

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