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Reusable cloth masks won’t prevent COVID-19, MoH and KEBS warn

By Brian George | 6yrs ago
Cloth mask.

Cloth masks will not guarantee protection from Covid-19, Ministry of Health has advised.

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) together with the Ministry of Health, on Thursday, gave directions that only wearing surgical masks could help prevent Covid-19, following the government’s requirements that individuals going to public places must wear facemasks.

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