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Monday, April 6, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 6, 2020
WHO chief says masks are no silver bullet against virus
The World Health Organization is warning that wearing masks alone will not be enough to defeat the global coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 70,000 people.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children wearing protective masks cross gather in a street in the ultra-Orthodox Israeli city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, on April 2, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
“Masks should only ever be used as part of a comprehensive package of interventions. There is no black or white answer, and no silver bullet. Masks alone cannot stop the COVID-19 pandemic,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells a virtual news conference.
— AFP
