Face masks block half of cough aerosols

By Tiffanie Turnbull
Updated September 22 2020 - 1:21pm, first published 1:16pm
Face masks filter at least 50 per cent of the aerosols caused by coughing, a study shows.
Face masks filter at least 50 per cent of the aerosols caused by coughing, a study shows.

Even the poorest performing face masks filter at least 50 per cent of aerosols released by coughing, Australian researchers say.

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