The number of covid cases are increasing all over the world and
as well as in India. Omicron is one of the fastest spreading variant among the
others. Its first case was detected
in South Africa and within a month it almost covered every part of the world.
As the covid spike is again on its peak, the health systems
of the countries started to feel pressure as they are reporting more cases
than their holding capacities. So in this covid period, what we can do to make
ourselves secure in our daily work.
First of all we must get our vaccination done as soon as possible.
The governments are requesting their citizens to get vaccinated at their
earliest. Second is wearing masks and using sanitizer. But the question arises
here is, what type of mask should we use?
People are using homemade cloth mask, but are they capable
enough to protect you from get affected from omicron?
So the answer is NO.
During the covid period we have seen many types of mask such
as homemade cotton mask, surgical mask, N95 masks and many more experimented ideas
but no this is not the time to experiment with ourselves.
According to experts using cotton mask may not provide you enough
protection against the infection. It can only save you around 20 minutes if the
infected person is not wearing a mask. Cloth masks can only hold big droplets
but the small particles can be transmitted even after wearing a cloth mask.
Surgical masks are better than cloth masks but they are also
not that much effective if the virus is highly transmissible. It takes around
30 minutes if the infected person is not wearing the mask and the second person
a surgical mask, to spread the infection.
Till now N95 masks are best that provides maximum protection
against the spread of infection. According to the studies, if the infected person
is not wearing a mask and the second person is wearing a N95 mask it will take
around more than 2 hours to transmit the infection. If both wear masks it will
take around 25 hours to transmit infection.
So it is clear that wearing mask is important as well as
wearing correct mask is equally important. We must ensure our safety to protect
ourselves against this deadly disease.