Masks made ‘no discernible difference’ to Covid transmission rates in hospitals, new research suggests.

Infection rates didn’t soar when mask mandates were removed in NHS facilities during the middle of an Omicron surge.

Researchers found removing the mask policy in phase two did not produce a ‘statistically significant change’ in the hospital acquired Covid infection rate. Equally, they ‘did not observe a delayed effect’ in the Covid infection rate once the policy was removed, the study added

Masks in hospitals made ‘no difference’ to Covid infection rates, study finds | Daily Mail Online