Kupfekwa kwe mamask munguva yedenda rehutachiona hwecorona muna 2019-20 kwakagamuchira kurudziro dzakasiyana siyana kubva kumasangano evehutano hweruzhinji pamwe nehurumende dzakasiyana. Nhau iyi yakave hurukuro ine kupokana, pakati pevamiriri vehutano weruzhinji nedzi hurumende vasingabvumirane pane mitemo yemapfekerwo emask. Zvimwe zvikonzero zvakataurwa nevatungamiriri vehutano ku China maererano nezvekupfeka mamasiki kunyange nevanhu vatano ndezvinotevera: Kutapurirana kwevariAsymptomatic (hutachiona kubva kune avo vasati varatidza zviratidzo zve hurwere). Vanhu vazhinji vanogona kutapukirwa pasina zviratidzo kana pane zviratidzo zvakaderera. Kusatendera kwekufambidzana kwekure nekure munharaunda dzenzvimbo dzeruzhinji nguva dzese. Mutengo nebetsero zvisingaenderane (zvisingakuridziri). Kana vanhu vakatapukirwa varivo chete vanopfeka mask, vaizogona kuve nekurudziro isina kunaka kuita kudaro. Munhu ane hutachiona anogona kusakwanisa kuwana chero chinhu chakanaka pazviri, asi kutakura mutoro wematambudziko, mari dzekutenga, uye kunyangwe kushorwa. Mazvikokota wezve hutachiona kuUniversity yeLeeds anonzi Stephen Griffin anoti "Kupfeka mask kunogona kudzikisa mukana wekuti vanhu vabate zviso zvavo, zvinova zviri izvo zvinonyanya kukonzera hutachiona pasina hutsanana hwekugeza maoko." Mask yejira yakagadzirwa nejira ratinoziva mazuva ose inopfekwa kuvhara muromo nemhino, inowanzogadzirwa nejira redonje. Mask yejira yakasiyana nemask yana chiremba neyana mukoti neimwe inobatsira kufema, nekuti haasi pasi pemutemo.