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Faithful wear surgical masks as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis outside the Santa Sabina Basilica on the occasion of the Ash Wednesday Mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual kicking off the Catholic Church's Lenten season in traditional fashion, while other Masses in northern Italy were canceled over fears of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

What you need to know about respirator masks and their effectiveness against coronavirus

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The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention issued a warning of possible coronavirus outbreaks in the United States leading some to scramble through medical supplies stores and websites in search of respiratory masks to protect themselves.