Australians have been advised not to wear face masks if they aren't infected by COVID-19
Australia's deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly told Australians that they shouldn't wear face masks.Kelly pointed out that it's also because face masks aren't very effective in protecting an individual from infection.
Kelly also pointed to their poor effectiveness in protecting someone from the virus as another reason why most Australians shouldn't wear face masks when they're going about their daily business. So far in Australia, Kelly reported that 5,544 individuals have contracted the novel coronavirus, and a total of 30 have died due to complications caused by the virus. "Daily increases are definitely less than they were a week or so ago," Kelly said, "that really talks to the effectiveness of some of the ways we have tried to deal with the virus in the last few weeks."
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