People want to debate whether wearing a mask works against Covid-19, but the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it’s the gloves you should take off. Both the US and European CDCs have released guidelines stating that glove use isn’t a necessary preventive tactic when it comes to Covid-19. The US CDC guidelines say gloves “will not necessarily protect you from getting Covid-19 and may still lead to the spread of germs”. “I think that disposable surgical gloves don’t really have a place in coronavirus (protection),” she says. In preventing the spread of Covid-19, Bartlett says it’s important to focus on what works.

Source: The Star August 04, 2020 04:52 UTC