Public perception on face mask wearing during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Yusof, Muhammad Zubir, Fadzil, Nur Faza Zinnirah, Kamaruzi, Nik Nur Niska Azlin, Ayazi, Maya Syazana Syamimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE) 2024
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RA643 Communicable Diseases and Public Health; RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/114134/7/114134_Public%20perception%20on%20face%20mask%20wearing%20during%20COVID-19.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/114134/13/114134_Public%20perception%20on%20face%20mask%20wearing%20during%20COVID-19_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/114134/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0303031; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303031

Introduction Since the emergence of COVID-19, the Malaysian government has made wearing a face mask in public mandatory since August 1, 2020, as an effort by the government to control the transmission of COVID-19. However, Malaysians’ willingness to wear face masks in public is unknown. Objective...