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Why we should all wear a face mask in crowded places

Published on 31 Jul 2020 10:33:21 PM

Do face masks really reduce coronavirus spread?

The Star’s Joshua Lim teams up with Sunway University’s Department of Biological Sciences to find out.

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Do face masks really reduce coronavirus spread?

The Star’s Joshua Lim teams up with Sunway University’s Department of Biological Sciences to find out.

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abhimanyu veerakumarasivam, coronavirus, covid-19, face mask, germs, government, immunologist, kavita reginald, malaysia, news, public, social distancing, sunway university, tommy tong, virologist

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