PETALING JAYA: Photos of exhausted frontliners in a Facebook post by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah of has drawn support for health workers from many Malaysians. Similarly Eroline Ooi expressed her support for frontliners. Dr Noor Hisham had shared some information on double masking in a tweet on Friday night (May 28). Another infographic he shared stated that an unknotted surgical mask was able to block 56.1% of particles, a cloth mask (51.4%), a knot and tucked surgical mask (77%) and double masking (85.4%). According to the infographic, a surgical and a cloth mask should always be paired for double masking, and to avoid doubling up the same type of mask.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 04:32 UTC