A Thunder Bay business owner is trying to help produce face masks for those who want to wear them during the COVID crisis.
Valarie Midgley notes the masks are not for health care workers, but for those in the general public.
She is making the masks from cotton and polypropylene and suggests they could provide up to 70 percent protection.
The business owner stresses the masks are not total protection “from everything” but it will “help keep your hands off your face.”
Midgley says they are ready to ship the masks and already have had interest from Toronto, Winnipeg, and even Australia.
The World Health Organization states that “If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with suspected 2019-nCoV infection, or if you are coughing or sneezing.”
