Articles / Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong
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Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University
Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus.
They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk through the neighbourhood.
The evidence on whether these measures will actually protect against coronavirus is mixed and largely inconclusive.
But you’re even less likely to get protection if you don’t take care when putting on these items, while you’re wearing them, and when you take them off.
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