The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
The global body said new information showed they could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”.
Some countries already recommend or mandate face coverings in public.
The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks.
However, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that “in light of evolving evidence, the WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments”.
Kommentar: Mens de fleste lande i den vestlige verden længe har anbefalet ansigtsmasker, har den danske sundhedsstyrelse og dirketør Søren Brostrøm ikke anbefalet det, angiveligt mest fordi de danske myndigheder var uforberedte på COV_19 smittebølgen. Selvom det hele tiden har været sund fornuft at anvende ansigtsmasker, har de danske myndigheder fastholdt, at det var ligemeget, dog ikke for dansk sundhedspersonale !!! Økonomisk Ugebrev har været stærkt kritiske overrfor Sundhedsstyrelsens generelle håndtering af krisen, dette er blot eet af de forhold, hvor Brostrøm har fejlvurderet situationen, med henvisning til en misforstået ureflekteret henvisning til videnskabelig evidens.
