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Explained in Five Minutes: How have Covid mask rules changed over time?
The Covid pandemic was the first time that face coverings were widely implemented in the UK as a form of infection control. In South-East Asian countries which had come through the previous SARS outbreak in 2003, it was a cultural norm. Masks were already being widely worn in China, Japan, and South Korea from early 2020. For western countries, attitudes to masks have been more polarised and sceptical.
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