VIDEO: Prisoners in Chiayi help produce cloth masks

Radio Taiwan International
Date:\ 06 March, 2020
By: Shirley Lin

Chiayi prisoners help make cloth masks[/caption] Taiwan’s supply of surgical masks is still not able to meet the demand brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. With surgical masks in short supply, cloth masks are now becoming a hot item too, the idea being that you can make a surgical mask last longer by layering a cloth mask on top of it.

True or not, the idea seems to be catching on, and prisoners are being brought in to ensure that supplies of cloth masks remain steady.    [FULL  STORY]