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Effect of Distributing Locally Produced Cloth Facemasks on COVID-19-Like Illness and All-Cause Mortality – a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial in Urban Guinea-Bissau

2023-01-05

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Background: Facemasks have been employed to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The community effect of providing cloth facemasks on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is unknown.<br><br>Methods: In a cluster randomised trial in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, between 20 July 2020 and 22 January 2021 trial participants (aged 10+ years) living in intervention clusters received two 2-layer cloth facemasks. All participant...

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9d921243-b309-5e68-b6b0-b909e4ace816
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10.2139/ssrn.4307646
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