Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach

Ann Intern Med. 2020 Sep 15;173(6):489-491. doi: 10.7326/M20-2567. Epub 2020 May 22.

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed across the world, governments, international agencies, policymakers, and public health officials began recommending widespread use of nonmedical cloth masks to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The authors of this article suggest that there is convincing evidence to support this recommendation.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine*
  • Humans
  • Masks*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Textiles*