During the height of the Covid-19 outbreak here in March, face masks were only required for frontliners such as healthcare workers and those with symptoms of the virus. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had said that the use of face masks would be mandatory at crowded public places. He added that the long-term plan was to eventually get everyone to wear a face mask once they stepped out of the house. “Wearing face masks could prevent a second wave of the virus, ” he said. WHO said that healthy people wearing face masks can reduce the potential risk of exposure from infected persons who had yet to develop symptoms.

Source: thestar July 31, 2020 23:21 UTC