Research published today by The N95 Mask Company reveals the nation’s mask-wearing intentions as the United Kingdom eagerly awaits the Government’s ‘roadmap out of lockdown’ announcement.

The UK Mask Map highlights the top five cities and towns in the UK planning to embrace face masks and the top five areas where masks are being shunned. It also reveals mask-wearing trends across the UK, by region.

Cities including Durham, London and Newcastle ranked highest for their mask-wearing intentions, whereas Leicester, Dudley and Wrexham had the lowest rates for people intending to wear masks.

The map of the UK displays the regions that will be donning face masks and those that will not be entertaining the idea. Greater London (76%), North East England (68%) and Wales (61%) were the top areas for mask-wearing, with the South East (56%), East England (52%) and the East Midlands (50%) ranking lowest in terms of their mask-wearing intentions.

Earlier this week 14 top scientists from the prestigious Royal Society put an end to the mask debate, confirming, based on scientific evidence, that face masks are an important tool for fighting the coronavirus.[1] Face masks are already central to the lockdown exit strategies of many countries where wearing face masks is now mandatory in public, however the UK Government is yet to set rules on mask-wearing.

According to the survey of 2,000 UK adults, three in five adults said they would wear a mask (61%) in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and, reassuringly, 95 percent would wear one if they presented coronavirus symptoms.

Top five towns and cities embracing face masks are:

Durham = 78% will wear
London = 75% will wear
Newcastle upon Tyne = 76% will wear
Dundee = 74% will wear
Derry = 71% will wear

Top five towns and cities avoiding face masks are:

Leicester = 68% won’t wear
Dudley = 60% won’t wear
Wrexham = 56% won’t wear
Southampton = 55% won’t wear
Warrington = 54% won’t wear