Experts disagree about Korea's plan for removing the indoor mask requirement.

The mandate for indoor masks was gradually phased out, according to a detailed roadmap released by the administration on Friday. It may have been done away with by the end of January, at the earliest. One of Korea's final COVID-19 restrictions, the indoor mask regulation, is still in place, a...

Japan may have to keep its residents wearing masks despite lifting restrictions on travel due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fears that the first wave of visa-free foreign visitors in more than two years could spread illnesses at home have been raised in response to Japan's decision to relax its border controls on COVID-19.

While Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration has promised to loosen cor...

Malaysian Health Ministry Should Educate People on the Benefits of Wearing Face Masks

The Bandar Kuching MP Dr. Kelvin Yii said that the Ministry of Public Health needs to speed up the process of educating the public on the benefits of wearing face masks in public, in light of the potential lifting of the face mask mandate in the country.

The DAP lawmaker issued a statem...

COVID-19: US SCHOOLS NEED TO CONTINUE USE OF FACE MASKS SAYS CDC

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• The CDC said all kindergarten through grade 12 schools "should implement and layer prevention strategies and should prioritize universal and correct use of masks and physical distancing."

• The CDC recently announced that fully vaccinated peopl...

US CDC SAYS NO NEED TO WEAR MASKS IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED

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• President Biden said "I think it's a great milestone. A great day. It's been made possible by the extraordinary success we've had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.”

• The US President said fully vaccinated people are at ...

AMERICANS WILL NEED TO WEAR MASKS IN 2022 TO PROTECT AGAINST COVID-19: DR. FAUCI

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• Fauci told CNN that it is very much possible that this can be the case we it also depends on one’s idea of normality

• Fauci further said that “It’s something that is stunning when you look at the numbers, almost unbelievable, but it&rs...

US CITIZENS TO WEAR MASKS COMPULSORILY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM FEBRUARY 1: CDC

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• The US citizens will have to wear masks in public transport from February 1 in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus

• The statement said people must wear masks that cover both the mouth and nose when awaiting, boarding, travelling on, or disembark...

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM GIVERS BANNED TO WEAR MASKS WITH ENGLISH WRITING

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• University Entrance Exam givers banned to wear masks with English writing.
• However, Sharp Corp. masks with their logo are not banned.
• Japan’s National Center for University Entrance Examinations issued the guidance....

WAYS TO GET THAT MAGICAL CLEAR SKIN YOU ALWAYS DREAMED

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• People tend to always take care of their skin but skip the basics that will lead to easy skincare tips and pointers

Some have oily while some have dry skin types. Sebum is one thing that makes oily skin shiny. Some tips to reduce oil...

HEALTH AUTHORITIES REJECT TO WEAR FACE MASKS AS COVID-19 CASES KEEP ON INCREASING IN SWEDEN

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• The health authorities of Sweden have repeated their disbelief towards the wearing of face mask in the country
• The head of the Public Health Agency said that, they do not see that they are at a point where wearing a mask is necessary
...

PERFORMING ARTS TAKEN ABACK STILL SHOW GOES ON AMIDST CORONAVIRUS INSTIGATED REALITIES

• While the performing arts scenario is one of many industries taken aback by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in Korea, the stage lights are still illuminated.
• Performing arts characters and institutions are trying their level best to ensure the show goes on -- with both online an...

AS CORONAVIRUS PROTECTION MASKS CAME UNDER POLITICAL RADAR OF HK-CHINA 

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• Hong Kong facemasks producer Yellowfactory has suspended its business tasks after favorable to Beijing administrators and papers said one of their plans disregarded the public security law

The organization reported on Facebook that t...

FACE MASKS IN DESIGNATED PLACES COMPULSORY IN S KOREA WITH FINES LEVIED ON OFFENDERS

• Offenders of South Korea's face masks order may become target of fines beginning Friday as the nation tries to more readily battle the new Covid.
• The move follows a finish to a 30-day exemption period for the execution of the nation's re-examined irresistible infectious...

AMERICAN COVID EXPERT DR. FAUCI HAILS AUSTRALIA FOR MANAGING COVID-19

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• America's top doctor for contagious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has lauded Melbourne's reaction to the Covid, saying he "wished" the US could receive a similar mindset

In a meeting facilitated by the University of ...

TWO LANGUAGE TEACHERS HAILING FROM ABROAD ARRESTED FOR FRAUD IN SALE OF SURGICAL MASKS

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• Two language instructors, from the Philippines and Cameroon, have been captured in the Northeast for supposed association in a facemask fraud that cost financial specialists around 27 million baht.

The name of the captives is Filipin...

BELGIUM EASES FACE MASK RULES FROM OCTOBER 2020

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• The National Security Council of Belgium has decided to relax the face mask rules
• The prime minister of Belgium said that, wearing mask is important but it will be useless to make them compulsory anytime

Sophie Wilmes, wh...

A SINGAPORE FIRM THAT CHANGED ITS BUSINESS DURING PANDEMIC FRO PRINTING TO MASK PRODUCTION

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• AVS Technologies, a printing firm that used to print pages in 3D and lend printing equipment has since May 2020, it decided to expand its wings in the areas of production of surgical masks due to the demand for them in this dreadful pandemic.

SOUTH KOREA PERMITS PROTECTIVE FACE MASK EXPORTS AFTER LONG HIATUS

• South Korea will permit the export of face masks that can be used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said Thursday.
• The move comes as production of surgical and anti-droplet masks in the country have stabilized and earl...

SINGAPORE TEMASEK FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTES FREE FACE MASKS

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• The free masks will be for the period of 21 Sept to 4 Oct
• Singapore is battling virus like any other country, and in wake of this, an announcement is an act of relief for needy people

Temasek foundation introduced an initi...

U.S. MIGHT SEE 410,000 COVID-19 DEATHS BY YEAR END: REPORT

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• In the month of December, the number of COVID-19 deaths could go past to 3,000 per day

• According to the Washington University’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations, the deaths could be reduced by 30 percent if Americans use face masks