Masks
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad records fresh COVID-19 cases; masks become mandatory
Hyderabad: Hyderabad reported six fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, following four cases recorded the day before. In response to the emergence of new COVID-19 cases in the city, the director of…
- India
Wearing face masks should be mandatory in public places: Health expert
New Delhi: Amid the daily spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, a health expert has advised people to wear masks and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. Dr Sandeep Nayar, Pulmonologist, HOD, BLK Hospital…
- Bangalore
Covid fear: Masks made mandatory in Karnataka, new guidelines released
Belagavi: The Karnataka government on Monday made wearing of masks in public places compulsory as a preventive method to tackle the evolving Covid situation in the state. It also has also released…
- India
Wearing masks not mandatory anymore in flights in India
New Delhi: Keeping in view the declining cases of COVID-19 in the country, the government on Wednesday removed mandatory requirement to wear masks on flights. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that…
- India
Delhi govt makes wearing of masks mandatory at public places
New Delhi: In the wake of a sudden surge of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has made wearing of masks in public places mandatory and a fine of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Health dept on alert as Covid cases cross 800-mark
Bengaluru, June 24 (IANS) The Karnataka Health Department is on an alert after the Covid cases in the state breached 800-mark in the last 24 hours. The state reported 858 new Covid…
- Telangana
Telangana: Wearing masks in public mandatory, clarifies DPH Srinivas Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana director of public health, Dr G Srinivas Rao, said that going by serological surveys conducted in Telangana, the state is unlikely to witness a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
- World
Italy to scrap mandatory outdoor masks on Friday: Health Undersecretary
Rome: Italy will abolish the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors on Friday as the country continues to register a gradual decrease in the daily number of COVID-19 cases, said Italian Health…
- Health
Cloth masks are useless, say US health experts
New Delhi: Prominent public health officials in the US have increasingly highlighted the limitations of cloth face masks, pushing for more effective respirator masks such as N95s as the Omicron variant is rapidly…
- Health
Study finds face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half
Florida: A study has found that face masks reduce the distance airborne pathogens could travel, when speaking or coughing, by more than half compared to not wearing a mask. The research has…
- Health
Omicron: How to prevent infection?
New Delhi: Even as India is seeing a steep rise in Covid cases driven by infections caused by the Omicron variant, there’s an urgent need to scale up preventive measures such as…
