Double-masking — a cloth mask over a surgical one — has taken off in the USMasks should be worn with two or three layers to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a government scientist says. Susan Hopkins, an infectious diseases expert at Public Health England, said that facemasks should have more than one layer but that there was no need to wear more than one mask. Sponsored“The more layers you have the better,” Hopkins told a Downing Street press conference last night. “What we recommend is at least two layers and ideally three layers in a mask. That is really important to reduce the virus transmission both from you to others and others to you.

Source: The Times March 02, 2021 00:11 UTC