MOSCOW, 1 may – RIA Novosti. Doctors have suggested plastic flap as an alternative medical masks, according to Medicalxpress.
According to experts from the University of Iowa, the tool for protection from COVID-19, which is already used by many healthcare professionals, the how to wear and from a practical point of view. In particular, it can be used repeatedly, cleaning, soapy water or conventional disinfectants.
“a Simulation study showed that the shield reduces the direct impact of the virus by 92% at a distance of 1.80 inch from the infected,” said doctors.
Experts said that a large-scale study has yet been conducted, but earlier work showed the effectiveness of the flaps for patients with influenza.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest world health organization, worldwide there have been about 3.1 million cases, more than 217 thousand people died.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
