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World Service,2 mins

Do face masks really stop the coronavirus?

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Claudia Hammond asks Prof Jonathan Ball from the University of Nottingham the questions which listeners have tweeted, including whether face masks and hand gels really can protect people from the coronavirus. (Image: A young Latino woman wearing a face mask. Credit: Getty Images.)

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