key: cord-0823518-v0xmilsw
authors: Sookaromdee, Pathum; Wiwanitkit, Viroj
title: Limited supply of face masks for use in healthcare settings
date: 2020-10-08
journal: Influenza Other Respir Viruses
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12817
sha: a8faa06f434d65b7ceb32b683b547e03a7a7c03a
doc_id: 823518
cord_uid: v0xmilsw

nan

Dear Editor,

We read with interest the report on "COVID-19: Face Masks and Human-to-human Transmission." 1 to share ideas and experience from our country, Thailand, the second country with confirmed COVID-19 cases. 3 We have limited supply of face masks for healthcare workers. The medical personnel sometimes have to reuse face mask for many days, and this could increase the risk of infection. It is difficult to follow the recommendations on proper face mask use because of limited supply. The same problem might exist in many low-and middle-income countries worldwide. 

COVID-19: Face masks and human-to-human transmission. Influenza Other Respir Viruses

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