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Mask sales soar despite doubts they block coronavirus

Hakugen Earth sold 4 million masks on Jan. 22

Chinese tourists travelling to Japan for the Lunar New Year holiday, which began on Janaury 25, have also raided Japan's drugstores and convenience stores in search of high quality Japanese surgical masks.
NANA SHIBATA, YUJI UOYAMA and YUMA IKESHITA, Nikkei staff writers | China

TOKYO -- Will wearing a surgical mask help protect against the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has so far killed more than 80 people?

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