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Coronavirus: Should you wear a mask at home?

Wearing face masks at home might help stop Covid-19 from infecting your family who live in the same household, says a new study.

This approach has been seen to be 79 per cent effective at curbing transmission but the masks need to be used before symptoms develop in anyone in the household who is infected.

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