Effective measure: masks have tens of thousands of Corona infections prevented

The Wearing of protective masks have been prevented, according to a study in Italy and New York, respectively, tens of thousands of infections with the Coronavirus.

In Italy, the measure between the 6 have. April and 9. May, more than 78,000 infections prevented in New York from 17. April to 9. May, more than 66,000, calculate researchers from universities in Texas and California in the scientific journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ (‘PNAS’).

Accordingly, the Transmission of the pathogen, Sars-CoV-2 is through the air the dominant mode of transmission.

The scientists studied data and statistics from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Virus was initially broken out, as well as from Italy and the metropolis of New York.

So effective masks against the Coronavirus are

The Wearing of masks was washed out in Italy and New York time, according to other recommendations, such as the hands or keep their distance, disposed in the most affected Northern Italy on the 6th of April, in New York on 17. April. In Wuhan, for instance, were all arranged with these rules at the same time.

The researchers compared the data before and after the mask rule in New York and Italy with those in Wuhan.

From your Numbers, the Team led by Renyi Zhang of the A&amp concludes;M University in College Station, that the Transmission of the virus through the air as a dominant mode of transmission out of rival Kristal.

Measures such as distance keeping and quarantine alone, the Corona could not stop the spread of it.

“The difference between the prescribed and non-prescribed Mouth guard is the determining factor in the design of the end of the global pandemic,” they write.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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