The Ministry of Health said the medical surgical masks could well protect people from flu epidemic attack.
Experts also stated, people infect flu mainly by saliva when talking, qualified disposable surgical face mask could meet the requirement of personal protection. In the daily life,the public are not recommended to wear a mask during normal social activities. When contact with the Influenza patients, or stay for a long time in the crowded and bad ventilated environment, then we should wear the face mask for protection.