Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Public Health Faculty Member and Science Committee Member Dr. Seçil Özkan, in his statement, noted that the peak of the first wave was experienced, and that preventive measures should be applied to avoid a second peak. Professor Dr. Özkan, “The protection measures are also mask, distance and hand hygiene. For the mask,” the necessity to wear a mask “came in 52 provinces. This situation was really effective. I am looking around, people are wearing masks. The problem is that they are carrying under the nose or under the chin. “If we do not wear it correctly, we can increase the number of cases, we can see deaths in people with chronic diseases. We need to get used to controlled social life.”
“WE NEED TO REFLECT MEASURES TO OUR LIVES”
According to the news in DHA, Prof. Dr. Özkan, noting that the mask prevents the droplets carrying the virus from reaching while talking with a sick person, “But viruses can stay on the outer surface of the mask. Therefore, it is not necessary to touch the outer surface of the mask. Open air is a bit safer for us. We are more distant from people. In the coming days, if there is no vaccine and full treatment and the virus does not disappear completely, we will come to the winter season.
