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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Catherine Soi

Kenya's coronavirus fight: Factories, tailors make cloth masks

Kenya's coronavirus fight: Factories, tailors make cloth masks

Textile factories and tailors in Kenya are scrambling to produce tens of millions of masks after the government made it compulsory to wear them in public earlier this month.

The masks they are producing are made of reusable cloth, which makes more economic sense for Kenyans who cannot afford to buy single-use ones.

 

Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi, Kenya.

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