A study showed that wearing a mask at home can help prevent the spread of corona19 (local time).

The study, published by the British Medical Journal, was based on interviews with Chinese families residing in Beijing, China, and attended by doctors and academic experts from Australia, China, and the United States, dpa reported. I did.

The study interviewed 460 people in 124 families with at least one confirmed person, and interviewed them about how they were prevented in their homes before and after symptoms in one family.

Research has shown that it was possible to block the spread of corona19 in homes by methods other than medical means, such as wearing a mask, sterilizing and sterilizing, and putting it away.

In particular, the researchers found that wearing a mask can reduce the spread of asymptomatic infections by 79%.

However, dpa reported that in 41 of these families, more than one person was infected with Corona 19 after the first infection, and it was not effective to wear a mask after symptoms appeared.

"It is very important for the entire outbreak to prevent the spread in the home because the spread of asymptomatic infections at home or in the early stages of symptoms leads to widespread epidemic spread," the researchers said. I can do it. ”