COVID-19 and Natural Masks

Author : Dr. H.S.Bawaskar, Bawaskar Hospital and Clinical Research centre Mahad, Raigad, Maharashtra, India
By the start of December, 2020, there were more than 1·8 million COVID-19 cases and over 47 000 COVID-19 deaths in Maharashtra state, India, alone.

COVID-19 is a national calamity, and one that should not be availed as an opportunity for earning, including through health insurance.

Dr Bwaskar said, “At the hospital in Mahad we have admitted and cared for many patients with COVID-19. Now there is threat of a second wave, it remains important, alongside other public health responses, to maintain control measures, such as physical distancing, proper wearing of masks, repeated handwashing with soap and water, good respiratory hygiene, and avoidance of mass gatherings.”

This photograph shows members of an Indigenous tribal community in Maharashtra state wearing leaves as face masks.

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