The number of people infected with coronavirus has been increasing every other day in Nepal and Kathmandu valley. Even after four months of lockdown and surveillance, the virus has not been in control. The government has constantly been advising the citizens to adopt various guidelines to keep themselves safe.
Not wearing a mask is one of the key conditions for raising contact with the virus. Yet wearing masks doesn’t appear to be a serious concern or priority for people as they are not used to it. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also started taking action against those who go out without wearing masks under the Infectious Diseases Act 2020.
To make people more serious about wearing masks, a movement has started on Twitter known as the Mask Challenge. The World Health Organization also launched the Wear a Mask Challenge. This challenge is said to be started by Sanjiv Neupane in Nepal. On Saturday morning, he read a news article about coronavirus. Citing a study, the report said: “Eighty percent of people wearing a mask can do more to reduce coronavirus infections than lockdown. After reading that research, I came up with the idea to start the Mask Challenge“, Neupane told Setopati. “I also felt the need to raise awareness to wear a mask“, he said. This trend has now spiraled and people have joined in by posting pictures and tagging others. A few of them can be seen below:
Researcher Predicted that 80 Percent of the population wearing mask would do more to reduce Covid-19 Spread.
How can we make this happen?
I would like to nominate #MaskChallenge to @KafleShristi@jenbasnet_ @ParakramRana @shrinkhalak_ @shristi111 You guys also need nominate other pic.twitter.com/GnJbUhV982— San Zin ⚡ (@sanzinme) August 8, 2020
Thank you for the challenge @sanzinme ji! I nominate @bhaskardhakal @roohsaa @mpudasainee @Ankkeyt @acisb007 @rdkrosan #MaskChallenge
P.S. Please wear surgical masks rather than nodular (filter) ones.
pic.twitter.com/byIzwgZ4KL— Mainali (@shristi111) August 8, 2020
Redbull doesn’t give you wings anymore.
Mask does 😉 #maskchallenge https://t.co/TwtuGhBhoI pic.twitter.com/ne5HzyLdu6— Amun Timilsina (@amunamun07) August 8, 2020
Challenge accepted @sanzinme dai 😷
Nominating @rimalsabin @chunky_nabin @aashish013 @BhumikaMagar3 @doc_gurl @Abinash5301 @CaufieldHoldOn @sudarshan_pdl @AarteeBaral @MahesworSingh @photugraph @_TheSoberDrunk to post a selfie & spread #WearAMask awareness. #wecanbeatthis https://t.co/H5jfFyWnAq pic.twitter.com/Vy7RMEnyGN— Pluto (@aneekarma) August 8, 2020
Researcher Predicted that 80 Percent of the population wearing mask would do more to reduce Covid-19 Spread. How can we make this happen?#MaskChallange
Nominated by @sanzinme,
I nominate @docspadhikari @bhattaraias @pc_aryal @drpantop @UtopianBiklant pic.twitter.com/BuTYBM4l4P— Attaining Nirvana (@Praveenthapaa) August 8, 2020
Supporting #WearAMask Challenge ✌️
I nominate @poornimashresth @samathapa @sabeenakarki @himabista @bbhrikuti https://t.co/rfOfODAem9 pic.twitter.com/31qVTvkUfE— Shristi Kafle (@KafleShristi) August 8, 2020
— Sudin Pokharel (@SudinPokharel) August 8, 2020
#MaskChallenge
Mask reduces transmission of covid19 significantly. Make public aware of it. I nominate@YubarajGhimire3 @agovinda @shambhuraja08 @madybhusal @Neupane1Binod @sarakarji @seto_bagh1 @sedai_urmila @shantadangnepal @SuryaRAcharya @Shree3laxmi @Upasika1 @SharmaNeu pic.twitter.com/D0LE1EaXyS— Deep Kiran Khadka 迪普 (@KhadkaKiranDeep) August 9, 2020
Wearing a mask alone can reduce the possibility of Corona infection significantly. Staying oneself safe helps others to stay safe. #maskchallenge @brb1954 @mkoirala @RabindraMishra @gajureal https://t.co/y14KDeYYow pic.twitter.com/lL2f0NCN0z
— Surya Raj Acharya (@SuryaRAcharya) August 9, 2020
Mask is better than VENTILATOR Home is better than ICU! Wear the MASK!! It protects you, me and everyone Thank you @sanzinme for the #MaskChallenge. 🙏 https://t.co/SZyIdK74ZV pic.twitter.com/OXUNA8ijSc
— Dil Bhusan Pathak🇳🇵 (@DilBhusanPathak) August 9, 2020
A few days earlier celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Kerry Washington had taken on the #WearADamnMask challenge in the United States. The challenge #WearADamnMask was started by designer Tory Burch.
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So let’s get in on the trend and post your own masks and spread the news, and the challenge, to a greater audience!
