Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe
Madrid, Spain Reuters Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home […]
Maskless Pope blames ‘this lady called COVID’ for distance
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy. Francis again eschewed a protective mask on Wednesday even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen at the […]
Health Insight: How should I clean my cloth mask?
Australian academics BRETT MITCHELL, of the University of Newcastle, and PHILIP RUSSO, of Monash University – in an article first published on The Conversation – look at how to properly clean your cloth mask…
Wear masks in public says WHO, in update of COVID-19 advice
London, UK/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission of COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the pandemic disease. In its new guidance, prompted by evidence from studies conducted in […]
WHO opens door to broader use of masks to limit spread of coronavirus; latest on spread around the world
Geneva, Switzerland/Washington DC, USReuters The World Health Organization on Friday said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers, but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. A senior WHO official told reporters there was some […]
CORONAVIRUS: US CHINESE CHURCHES ON THE FRONT LINES OF VIGILANCE
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, looks at how US churches are responding to the treat of the coronavirus…