Effect of Face Mask on Lowering COVID‐19 Incidence in School Settings: A Systematic Review
Luka Viera
Abstract:BACKGROUNDThe emergence of COVID‐19 resulted in a substantial loss of education because of global school closures. Face masks are a potential measure to restrain the COVID‐19 spread; therefore, this paper evaluated the effectiveness of face masks in reducing COVID‐19 incidence in school settings.METHODSA systematic review was conducted by searching the literature in the Cochrane COVID‐19 Study Register and the World Health Organization COVID‐19 global literature. Data were summarized in tabular forms, and the … Show more
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