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Doing. they're more airborne. how do you protect against that? a better mask. on a flight or going to the grocery store, that's what better masks do. they protect you against airborne transmitted viruses. so yes, absolutely, find yourself a kn-95 or n-95. the big difference is there are bands behind your head. tighter fit. a little more uncomfortable. but this is also a quick plug for sanders. he introduced legislation that would make masks free. >> yeah. very quick. very quick. what is the difference between the antigen test or the other one, pcr? >> so i like the antigen tests. thet have hig...

Still practicing, like he will get to play in the australian open. new details are emerging about inconsistencies in his entry documents as well as his movements after he tested positive for covid-19. >> raising only more questions. so let's go to cnn's paula hancocks in melbourne. what has djokovic been saying about all of these new information that is coming out? >> reporter: well, bianna and jim, we had a lot of new developments. so let me go through them one by one. we heard from novak djokovic himself. he's given a statement on social media. he's talked about when he tested positive for c...

>> yeah. right. so i think there's two different types of tests that we're talking about here. the pcr test, which is the one that you're alluding to which basically will find even small presence of genetic material of the virus that may continue to test positive, even after someone has -- they're no longer symptomatic or contagious. it's the rapid antigen test, the second one, that is really important here to fundamental point. this test oftentimes doesn't get as much attention. people are buying them in stores, obviously, but what we talk about with this test is its ability to determine if s...

Appearance on cbs last night. >> so, if you have access to a test and if you want to do a test to day five and if your symptoms are gone and you are feeling well, then go ahead and do that test. but here's what -- how i would interpret that test. if it's positive, stay home for another five days. if it's negative, i would say ya still really need to wear a mask. you still may have some transmissibility ahead of you. you still should probably not visit grandma. you shouldn't get on an airplane and you should still be pretty careful when you're with other people by wearing your mask all the time...

It's really imperative that these people get tested with an antigen test upon release back in to work, et cetera. you heard the reasons that well, they didn't do it. dr. besser said we don't have the tests. the second things that is really a figure in my view is there needs to be an operation warp speed like mindset to developing anti-virals. not just two anti-virals from pfizer and merck but we need a portfolio of anti-virals that can put this pandemic in its place. that's what's going to bring us to what we call the endemic state where we learn to leave with it, when we have the adequate tes...