Governments around the world โ including the UK โ made it mandatory to wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, despite a dearth of rigorous trials into their effectiveness
Masks made 'no discernible difference' to Covid transmission rates in hospitals, new research suggests.
Infection rates didn't soar when mask mandates were removed in
NHS facilities during the middle of an
Omicron surge.
Experts today said the findings did not mean face coverings are 'worthless'.
But they called for 'rational and proportionate' masking policies in hospitals during future Covid flare-ups because the benefits are 'at best, modest'.
Governments around the world โ including the UK โ made it mandatory to wear a face covering in indoor public spaces.
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