Scientists fear hairdressers could be unknowingly passing coronavirus to customers because of inadequate visors. Government ministers have been warned that the plastic face visors worn by hairdressers leaves a gap that airborne coronvirus droplets could pass through.
They are now facing calls to revise guidance to barbers and hairdressers and require them to wear face masks, as well as the visors.
Scientists are said to have raised the concerns in the latest meeting of The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) on Friday.
The issues was also discussed in a recent meeting of at least one sub-committee of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), the Daily Telegraph reports.