Estimating the Effect and Cost-Effectiveness of Facemasks in Reducing the Spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Uganda

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2020Author
Nannyonga, Betty K.
Wanyenze, Rhoda K.
Kaleebu, Pontiano
Ssenkusu, John M.
Lutalo, Tom
Makumbi, Fredrick Edward
Kwizera, Arthur
Byakika, Pauline
Kirungi, Willford
Kyobe Bosa, Henry
Ssembatya, Vincent A.
Mwebesa, Henry
Atwine, Diana
Aceng, Jane Ruth
Woldermariamç, Yonas Tegegn
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Evidence that face masks provide effective protection against respiratory infections in the community is scarce. However, face masks are widely used by health workers as part of droplet precautions when caring for patients with respiratory infections. It would therefore be reasonable to suggest that consistent widespread use of face masks in the community could prevent further spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2). In this study we examine public face mask wearing in Uganda where a proportion wears masks to protect against acquiring, and the other to prevent from transmitting SARSCoV-
2. The objective of this study was to determine what percentage of the population would have to wear face masks to reduce susceptibility to and infectivity of SARS-COV-2 in Uganda, keeping the basic reproduction number below unity and/or flattening the curve. We used an SEIAQRD model for the analysis
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