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Step by step Taliban is obliterating women's rights: UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Step by step Taliban is obliterating Afghan women's human rights, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said a day after the Taliban issued the latest edict on mandatory face coverings compounding restrictions on education, movement, employment and public li
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Kanye West dons bizarre face-covering out in Los Angeles
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was recently spotted putting on a bizarre street-style display as he roamed around Los Angeles wearing what looks like a tight-fitting cloth bag over his head.
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Double masking can be potent to protect people from COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): A new study by the University of North Carolina Health Care shows that wearing two face coverings can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer's nose and mouth and causing COVID-19.
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Switzerland referendum: People vote to ban full face coverings in public p
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Switzerland on Sunday (local time) narrowly voted in favour of banning full facial coverings including the niqab and burqa in almost all public places. As many as 51.21 per cent of voters voted in support of the controversial proposal in the referendum.
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Covering faces around kids would not help mask emotions: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 27 (ANI): The proliferation of face coverings in order to keep a check on Covid-19, isn't keeping children from understanding facial expressions, according to a new study.
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Study reveals, covering faces around kids would not help mask emotions
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): According to a new study, the proliferation of face coverings in order to keep a check on Covid-19, isn't keeping children from understanding facial expressions.
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Study provides solid support for wearing face-covering in enclosed environ
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 3 (ANI): The airborne transmission of COVID-19 has increased manifold in enclosed spaces, suggest the findings of a new study led by University of Georgia researchers.
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Study finds silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Cincinnati (Ohio) [US], September 24 (ANI): With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined what common household fabrics might work best as a face covering.
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UK PM okays wearing masks in school corridors, not in classrooms
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that it is okay to make pupils and staff wear masks in school corridors but not in classrooms, after the government abandoned its advice that children should not wear face coverings in England's secondary
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Travellers face risk of penalties for refusing to wear face covering
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 25 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appealed to all travellers to wear face covering during travel journey for the safety of all passengers and crew during COVID-19.
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Protesters rally in Brussels against mandatory mask use
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): People angry at the Brussels authorities for mandating the use of face coverings in all public places to fight the COVID-19 pandemic gathered in the Belgian capital on Sunday to protest the new rules.
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Neck gaiters can not protect people amid COVID-19, say Duke University res
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 12 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus pandemic face masks have become part of everyone's lives but there are questions on which masks to wear. Researchers from Duke University have recently published the results of its study that tested which face covering is effective to preve
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