A short review on the development of novel face masks during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a challenging situation for the entire world. This paper has covered outbreak of SARS and MERS coronavirus in the past, their effect on communities and preventive guideline by WHO, CDC and governments agencies. This paper also includes comparison of SARS CoV-2 which is driving current pandemic with SARS CoV and MERS CoV. The effect of COVID-19 pandemics across the globe are also highlighted in this paper. A review on various preventive measures and their impact on controlling a pandemics has been discussed. During a pandemic, face masks plays a key role in controlling the spread of virus from one person to another. The effect of wearing mask on the decrease in number of cases during the pandemic has been quantified. A comparative study of effectiveness of different masks has also been covered in this paper. Various novel face masks that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic has also been discussed in the current manuscript.