{"id":28174,"date":"2020-06-21T19:53:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=28174"},"modified":"2020-06-21T19:53:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T14:23:01","slug":"face-masks-important-in-the-battle-against-covid-19-say-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=28174","title":{"rendered":"Face masks important in the battle against COVID-19, Say doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Srinagar:<\/strong> As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Jammu and Kashmir, the doctors here are recommending the people to wear a mask when they go out in public.
They also said that homemade masks won\u2019t cure someone who is sick, but they can help prevent the spread of the disease by those with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe advise people to wear masks in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. We also recommend that everyone continue social distancing and other preventive measures in addition to wearing face coverings,\u201d one of the chest specialists told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The doctor who insisted not to be named maintained that it can slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others.
However the doctor made it clear that facemask for common people doesn\u2019t mean a surgical mask or N-95 respirators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Another respiratory specialist here in the SKIMS Sorua said, \u201cIt is okay that symptomatic patients of Covid-19 should wear masks so that they don’t spread the infection but what about asymptomatic carriers as we do not test randomly and aggressively. It is better for people to wear homemade triple layered cotton masks. That would do the trick,\u201d the doctor said, wished not to be named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Another doctor said, \u201cIt is becoming increasingly clear that all people should be wearing masks while out in public. Masks are a likely reason why the virus has been better controlled in, South Korea, Japan, and other countries,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cMasks should be worn anytime you are in public or people are nearby. Masks act as a physical barrier to protect you and others from viral and bacterial particulates. Many people unknowingly infect others by going out and spreading germs by coughing or touching others,\u201d the doctor maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can go out in public areas without a mask if there is no one nearby. Otherwise, regardless if it\u2019s close quarters or spaced out, you should wear a mask with others around. This is precaution and courtesy to yourself and those nearby you.\u201d said one of the doctors here in the SMHS hospital.
Another Chest Disease Specialist here in JLNM hospital said that recent studies have shown that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (\u201casymptomatic\u201d) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (\u201cpre-symptomatic\u201d) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis means that the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity \u2014 for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing \u2014 even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms. So we recommend wearing masks in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult,\u201d the doctor said wished not to be named.(KINS)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Jammu and Kashmir, the doctors here are recommending the people to wear a mask when they go out in public.They also said that homemade masks won\u2019t cure someone who is sick, but they can help prevent the spread of the disease by those with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}