A Bulgarian company called Angel Baby is spreading some colour and cheer amid all the COVID-19 doom and gloom, by making protective masks printed with owls, dinosaurs, llamas and monkeys.
Angel Baby ventured into the mask sector by chance after friends made the request - the company normally produces sleeping bags for infants and is known for its social responsibility campaigns.
"We stopped our usual production of baby sleeping bags for a week and we hope to be able to make about 3,000 masks to send to hospitals and police stations around the country," said co-owner Desislava Yankova.
The masks have not been medically certified so will need to be washed daily, and are intended for use by those who deal with large numbers of people on a daily basis, not for those in direct contact with patients infected by the virus.
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