Mask-wearing a key health initiative

Taking precautions: People wearing face masks as they walk along a pedestrian crossing in Kuala Lumpur. Many experts support making the use of face mask mandatory as scientific evidence shows that it helps control the source of infection.

PETALING JAYA: Public health experts are for making the wearing of face mask in public mandatory, as the majority of detected Covid-19 cases were asymptomatic.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday said the government was considering making it mandatory for people to mask up in public.