Monrovia, March 31 -- Liberia's Health Minister, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah wears a mask as she speaks to reports in Monrovia about the pandemic

On Thursday, 26 March, Liberia's Chief Medical Officer warned against the random "use of face mask" by people keen on preventing themselves from contracting the Coronavirus in the country.

Report by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, alpha.senkpeni@frontpageafricaonline.com

"We have people in the public wearing [face] mask - having it on and going all around 24/7 [all day] . if you keep it on for 20 to 30 minutes, you are breathing in it - [which] forms moisture within it and you will be creating a means for the attraction of bacteria," cautioned Dr. Francis Kateh, who is also the Deputy Minister for Health an...