CDC: Masks Protect Both Wearers and Those Nearby From CCP Virus

The CDC issued a report Tuesday saying that wearing a mask can protect both the wearer and those around them from the spread of COVID-19.

A child wears a mask as she has her temperature checked at the entrance to Alton Towers in Alton, England, on July 4, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report Tuesday saying that wearing a mask can protect both the wearer and those around them from the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

The federal agency has previously asserted that wearing masks may help curb the transmission of the CCP virus between infected patients and those nearby.