Dr Elly Nyaim, a senior surgeon at Kenyatta National Hospital, warned that the wearer should not touch the outer front part of the mask. “If it had trapped any pathogen, then you touch it and touch your face or clothes, you contaminate yourself,” said Dr Nyaim. AdvertisementThe number of those wearing them increased after Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said people should wear masks when going to supermarkets and open-air markets. Last week, he decreed that those in public transport — matatus, buses, tuk-tuks and boda-bodas — should wear masks. In the modern day, there are the N95 masks and respirators.

Source: Daily Nation April 06, 2020 08:03 UTC