Mask Mandates Not Linked to Lower COVID-19 Case Rate or Transmission: Study

An 11-year-old girl puts on a mask in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2020. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Mask mandates for children in Spain weren’t linked to a lower rate of COVID-19 cases or transmission, researchers found.

Children 6 and older in Catalonia, a region in Spain, were required to wear masks once school reopened during the COVID-19 pandemic.