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Pakistan: Sindh govt urges public to wear face masks amid worsening air qu
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sindh's caretaker Chief Minister, Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar, has called on the public to ensure the use of face masks amid Karachi's worsening air quality, ARY News reported.
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COVID-19: Masks may become mandatory if spike continues in Maharashtra
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): Expressing concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the use of face masks will have to be made mandatory if the spike continues.
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Colombia to drop mandatory face mask requirement in schools
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombian schools can drop the mandatory use of face masks in enclosed spaces if they meet the criteria starting on May 16, in light of the favorable COVID-19 epidemiological situation over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health announced Friday
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COVID-19: Mask usage declining; WHO warning against it, says NITI Aayog's
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog, on Friday expressed concern over the decline in the use of face masks in the country and said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against it as the global scene of the Omicron variant of COVID-1
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Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): An Analysis of public data on SARS-CoV-2 infections in Germany suggests that in regions that mandated the use of face masks in public spaces had registered lower infections.
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Scientists estimate risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social dist
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of coronavirus across the world, scientists are estimating the risk of airborne COVID-19 after an individual abides with health norms including uses of the mask and maintaining social distance.
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Students glad as JEE kickstarts from today, say 'COVID-19 safety protocols
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): All COVID-19 protocols such as maintaining social distancing, use of face mask and hand sanitizer, and thermal checking were strictly followed by aspirants after coming out from the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE) centre at Vivek Vihar here.
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Chelsea Handler wears DIY bra made of face masks for workout
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 18 (ANI): American comedian Chelsea Handler is doing her part to promote the use of face masks by using them as DIY bras.
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Maintain social distancing, use of face masks to avoid second COVID-19 wav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], June 23 (ANI): Continuing social distancing, and other precautionary measures like the use of face masks, and handwashing, could possibly help in avoiding the need for future lockdown, according to a modelling study performed by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (I
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#Unlock 1: MHA issues national directives for COVID-19 management
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday issued national directives for coronavirus management, including compulsory use of face masks and social distancing norms.
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MHA gives nod to conduct board exams, exempts them from lockdown measures
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to grant exemption from the lockdown measures to conduct board examination for 10th and 12th classes with conditions including social distancing and the
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COVID-19: Use of face mask, hand sanitiser compulsory in Nagaland
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): In order to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Home department of Nagaland has mandated the use of face masks and hand sanitisers in all the public places.
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