Kenya: How to handle your facemask correctly
Boda-boda operators in Chuka town, Tharaka-Nithi County, use face masks to shield themselves from coronavirus.
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Article Author: Kenya: How to handle your facemask correctly
Media Source: Daily Nation (Kenya)
Date: 6 April 2020
While Kenyans seem to have heeded the call by the Ministry of Health to wear facemasks, experts have raised concern that some people are wearing them in a way that puts them at risk. Dr Benjamin Wachira, an emergency medicine specialist and associate professor at Aga Khan University Hospital, said he has even seen TV interviewees…
While Kenyans seem to have heeded the call by the Ministry of Health to wear facemasks, experts have raised concern that some people are wearing them in a way that puts them at risk. Dr Benjamin Wachira, an emergency medicine specialist and associate professor at Aga Khan University Hospital, said he has even seen TV interviewees touching the front of their masks to remove them. “They pull the mask down and this is more contamination,” he said.