Premier Mark McGowan warns an ‘extended period’ of mask-wearing after hotel quarantine breach

Premier Mark McGowan warns an ‘extended period’ of mask-wearing may be required as Western Australia grapples with hotel quarantine breach WA Premier Mark McGowan warns masks could become a ‘long-term measure’ Measures come as state confirms no new cases after hotel quarantine breach Contact tracers investigating four close contacts of hotel guard and housemate By … Read more

Premier Mark McGowan warns an ‘extended period’ of mask-wearing after hotel quarantine breach

Premier Mark McGowan warns an ‘extended period’ of mask-wearing may be required as Western Australia grapples with hotel quarantine breach WA Premier Mark McGowan warns masks could become a ‘long-term measure’ Measures come as state confirms no new cases after hotel quarantine breach Contact tracers investigating four close contacts of hotel guard and housemate By … Read more

David Beckham and son Cruz appear to flout mask-wearing and social-distancing rules in Miami

David Beckham marked Cruz’s 16th birthday at a Miami restaurant over the weekend – but appeared to disregard rules surrounding the continuing pandemic. The footballer, 45, shared photos with his son as they attended an eatery owned by nightclub mogul Dave Grutman. The birthday boy appeared in great spirits as he grinned in front of … Read more

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 will let mask-wearing users open iPhones with an Apple Watch 

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 will let mask-wearing users open iPhones with an Apple Watch Apple is set to include a feature in the upcoming iOS 14.5 for mask-wearers The feature will allow them to open an iPhone without removing the mask It works with an Apple Watch that must be near the handset to work … Read more

Mask-wearing hits an all-time high of 80% in the US

More Americans are routinely wearing masks than ever – about  80 percent – but it still may be too little, too late, a new survey finds.  And people have by-and-large adhered to social distancing, according to the latest edition of the survey, run by Harvard, Northwestern and Rutgers universities.  But people are still spending too … Read more

The Bachelorette’s Georgia Love unleashes on mask-wearing Santa

Someone’s been naughty! Georgia Love unleashes on mask-wearing Santa in awkward festive photo By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:37 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 14:41 GMT, 22 December 2020 She’s the gorgeous former Bachelorette who recently bought a house with her partner Lee Elliott. And on Tuesday, Georgia Love was seen indulging … Read more

Biden promises 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days and pleads for 100 days of mask-wearing

Joe Biden vowed Tuesday that he would get 100 million coronavirus vaccines distributed to Americans within his first 100 days in office, claiming he will make it a requirement to wear a mask for those 100 days anywhere he can legally order it. ‘This team will help get at the latest – at the last … Read more

Biden promises 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days and pleads for 100 days of mask-wearing

Joe Biden vowed Tuesday that he would get 100 million coronavirus vaccines distributed to Americans within his first 100 days in office, claiming he will make it a requirement to wear a mask for those 100 days anywhere he can legally order it. ‘This team will help get at the latest – at the last … Read more

‘Universal’ mask-wearing could prevent 130,000 US COVID-19 deaths

If 95 percent of Americans wore masks consistently, nearly 130,00 lives could be saved between now and March 2021, a new study suggests.  Without measures like masks and social distancing, however, the US coronavirus death toll is likely to exceed 511,000 by then, the latest research from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics … Read more

Brace for TWO YEARS of mask-wearing, warns Spanish virologist

Much of the world will probably be wearing masks ‘for couple of years,’ warns a prominent Spanish virologist.   ‘We will get over this in some years, but we don’t have to expect this is going tobe a hundred-meter run,’ Dr Margarita del Val, the head of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) – Salud Global/Global … Read more