Many pharmacies and online retailers have run out of surgical masks
was confirmed in the U.S. on Jan. 21. Not long after, shops in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. started running out of masks as well.
The reason people wear masks is so “you can prevent, when you cough or sneeze, the spread of particles to other people,” she tells PEOPLE. If you are sick, for example with a cold or the flu, Hewlett urges you to “seek medical care and stay home from work or school; you don’t want to spread it to other people.”
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