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  AIIMS asks healthcare workers to reuse N95 masks

  India | April 07, 2020 15:45 IST

  The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, on Tuesday, issued a circular on N95 masks, asking the healthcare workers to re-use them after disinfecting the masks. 

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  Can't find masks amid COVID-19 lockdown? Make one at home with these simple steps

  Health | April 04, 2020 15:07 IST

  Even though health officials have advised wearing N95 masks to stay safe from COVID-19, they have become invisible in the market due to huge demand. In this scenario, one can wear a home-made mask before leaving the house. 

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  Ordnance factory to make masks, protection equipment

  India | March 25, 2020 15:02 IST

  As requirement for medical equipment in the fight against COVID-19 is likely to surge in coming days, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has started working upon producing personal protection equipment and face masks. The OFB has also set up quarantine facilities for 285 people.

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  Coronavirus: Costume Designers Guild will sew masks for hospitals

  Lifestyle | March 24, 2020 8:17 IST

  The call comes after the government and companies race against time to help hospitals with their mask shortage.

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  Xiaomi will donate lakhs of masks in Delhi, Punjab during Coronavirus outbreak in India

  Technology | March 23, 2020 18:47 IST

  Xiaomi does its bit during Coronavirus outbreak in India by donating masks. Read on to know more

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  Coronavirus outbreak: Over 1000 spurious masks seized in Goa; health advisory issued

  India | March 18, 2020 8:47 IST

  Coronavirus outbreak: The mask usage guidelines introduced in Goa, which have been emulated from the advisory issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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  Rs 2 face mask being sold at this Kerala medical store amid coronavirus pandemic

  India | March 15, 2020 14:23 IST

  A surgical shop in Kerala is selling masks for just Rs 2 at a time when masks including N95, surgical, are being sold at unreasonable prices due to coronavirus threat in the country.

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  Noida factory busted for making fake sanitisers, inferior quality masks

  India | March 15, 2020 10:01 IST

  A Noida factory in Sector 63 was busted on Saturday after it was found that it was indulging in manufacturing fake sanitisers. Deputy District Magistrate of Dadri, Rajeev Rai, led the team which raided the factory.

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  Coronavirus outbreak: Delhi-NCR sees shortage of hand sanitizers; masks become costlier

  India | March 05, 2020 11:59 IST

  Coronavirus cases were first reported in India in Kerala, and so far a total of 29 cases have been reported across the country so far. In view of the increasing impact of coronavirus, the Central and State governments have been exhorting people to take precautions.

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  2,000 surgical masks stolen from French hospital amid coronavirus outbreak

  World | March 04, 2020 9:06 IST

  Coronavirus outbreak: News of surgical masks' theft came as President Emmanuel Macron announced that the authorities would requisition all face mask stocks and production in response to the coronavirus outbreak. 

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  Coronavirus: CISF provides sanitisers, gloves and masks to its airport-guarding troops

  India | March 03, 2020 18:34 IST

  The CISF has provided medical kits containing hand sanitisers, gloves and masks to all its personnel deployed to guard 62 civil airports in the country in view of the coronavirus scare, officials said on Tuesday. 

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  Nepal gifts 100,000 masks to China to help overcome shortage

  World | February 07, 2020 17:28 IST

  Nepal gifted 100,000 protective masks to China which is battling against the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 630 lives.

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  Philippines volcano eruption: How N95 mask can help you

  India | January 13, 2020 13:09 IST

  People in the Philippines have been advised to use N95 masks than usual surgical masks as a precaution to protect themselves from spewing ash after Taal volcano eruption.

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  Air pollution makes Goddesses Durga and Kali in Varanasi temple wear masks

  November 07, 2019 16:36 IST

  At the famous Shiv-Parvati temple in downtown Sigra, the faces of Lord Shiva, Goddess Durga, Goddess Kali and Sai Baba have been covered with masks.

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  As pollution level spikes in Delhi, demand for masks goes up

  India | October 30, 2019 20:26 IST

  Twenty-seven of the 37 air quality monitoring stations across Delhi recorded the air quality index in the "severe" category.  

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  Another blow to Delhiites! Air masks go out of stock as city facing worst smog in 17 years

  India | November 06, 2016 11:15 IST

  Another blow to Delhiites! Air masks go out of stock as city facing worst smog in 17 years

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  Chemists selling masks at high prices over swine flu scare

  India | February 19, 2015 19:36 IST

  New Delhi: With Delhi witnessing the worst outbreak of swine flu and doctors stressing people should wear masks to avoid the dreaded viral disease, chemist stores in the capital have started selling masks at exorbitant