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Well, assuming it's all as study shows: 0.3% is 1/6th of 1.8% so about a 13% reduction. Not bad maybe? It in that sense depends on how you look at it.
Now if they would test this with people wearing masks inside and eating 2 meters apart, with most infections spread inside in households, that 16% would be quite awesome.
JWestland
You're quite right. However there seems to be a lack of testing regarding the efficacy of masks and the above suggests that they make no meaningful difference in the conditions stated. Hopefully there are more proper test results in the pipeline for a general mask wearing situation.
In my opinion the results do cast doubt on the wearing of masks as a COVID control.