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  2. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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    Timeline CDC poster recommending the use of non-medical face masks to slow transmission of COVID-19. 2020 Early recommendations. Initially, the U.S. government did not recommend the use of face masks by the general public outside of medical settings to protect themselves from COVID-19, as to prevent shortages of medical-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors treating COVID-19 ...

  3. Visitors stranded at Kenya’s Maasai Mara nature reserve, as ...

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    Staff and visitors have been left stranded at Kenya’s famous nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding rose to at least 188 people.

  4. When Can We Stop Wearing Face Masks? Experts Weigh In - AOL

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    Remember face masks have benefits beyond protecting you and others from COVID-19. “The incidence of allergies was significantly decreased with wearing masks,” says Dr. Glatter. This year’s ...

  5. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 . In community and healthcare settings, the use of face masks is intended as source control to limit ...

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .

  7. Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and ...

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    Kenya had an estimated 5 million malaria cases and over 12,000 deaths reported in 2022, according to the World Health Organization. Most of those affected are children under 5 and pregnant women.

  8. Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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    On 29 April 2021, a Florida resident walked into a massage therapy establishment without a mask on in violation of both state and business requirements, yelled racial slurs at the Asian American female employee, refused to wear a mask when ask by staff to put on a mask, assaulted her while calling her the "Chinese virus" and used other racial ...

  9. Wearing face masks 'essentially pointless from Monday' - AOL

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