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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Top health official: Use surgical masks, not cloth ones
Health Ministry Deputy Director General Itamar Grotto is recommending that Israelis discard cloth masks in favor of surgical ones, Channel 12 reports.
The recommendation is updated in light of the British coronavirus variant, which is believed to be more infectious, though not more deadly.
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