Last Updated on March 13, 2020, 2:11 AM AST by Anthony Morris
In the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus across the world, Cuba has found an innovative way of making masks to fight the virus.
The Cuban Government has said on Thursday that a factory in Sanctí Spriritus, Cuba that makes pants, is now making face masks out of the material usually used for secondary school uniforms.
It has become hard to find face masks in the country after the global outbreak of the virus. So, the Cubans have come up with this solution. The Cubans are famous for their ability to resolve and find answers to overcome obstacles in their paths.
Cuba’s Health Ministry has also posted a video online advising the people about how they can make their own mask if they do not find one.
As for now, the pants factory has already made around 1400 of the masks from the pants material.
Cuban health officials had announced on Wednesday that three Italian tourists were the island’s first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.
The infected tourists are said to have arrived in Cuba on Monday and are now in isolation at a medical facility at Havana.
Cuban health officials added that they have 3200 beds ready across the island and several military hospitals that would be opened to the public to handle a potential outbreak of the virus.
Although, the screening at airports in Cuba has been increased, yet no restrictions have been placed on visitors from any of the countries of the world even the ones which have had major outbreaks of the virus.
The Cuban economy is majorly dependent on tourism and tourism has been facing a decline after the US Government has imposed a series of punishing economic sanctions and travel restrictions on the country.
Thousands of Cuban doctors are on medical missions in other countries and are earning hard currency which is desperately needed by the Cuban Government.
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