A reality check on the use of face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong

• Victor CW Tam,
• Shing Yau Tam,
• Wai Kwong Poon,
• Helen Ka Wai Law,
• Shara WY Lee

Affiliations

Victor CW Tam

Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Shing Yau Tam

Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Wai Kwong Poon

Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Helen Ka Wai Law

Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Shara WY Lee

Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Corresponding author.