Wuhan doctor roots for face masksA man hangs his face mask on his ears at the Nairobi Railways club, April 10, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]The head of a Covid-19 hospital in central China’s Wuhan has suggested New York promote mask-wearing among the public and stop quarantining patients at home.Answering a question about New York’s much higher infection figure than Wuhan, Wang Xinghuan, head of the Wuhan Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital, advocated the use of facial masks. “None of those who wore masks while contacting the patients were infected, so we’re certain about the efficacy of masks,” Wang told a group of journalists at the weekend. For More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. Read Now »“If the transmission is not cut, then it’s natural that infections will rise,” Wang said.

Source: Standard Digital April 14, 2020 06:11 UTC