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cord-252965-30pl5tx3	Stutt, Richard O. J. H.	A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-06-10		.txt	text/plain	8015	341	48	The current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the virus species severe acute respiratory syndromerelated coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 [1] , has stimulated considerable controversy over the potential benefits of facemask use by the public and the timing of the initiation and termination of 'lock-down' periods. The currently available control measures to combat SARS-Cov-2, therefore, include: physical distancing, population lock-down periods, good sanitation/hand washing/surface disinfecting, good ventilation, facemask and visor protection, as well as diagnostics followed by contact tracing and quarantine of infected and exposed individuals. We use two complementary modelling approaches to test the effectiveness of facemask wearing by sections of the population in reducing the transmission rate of SARS-Cov-2 and hence in reducing the effective reproduction number, R e (the expected number of new cases caused by a single infectious individual at a given point in the epidemic).	./cache/cord-252965-30pl5tx3.txt	./txt/cord-252965-30pl5tx3.txt