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                     MAKING OF FACE MASKS FROM

                          OLD T-SHIRTS AND CLOTH



                    By Trandali kashyap


                                                                  Introduction:

                                                       Gro        shortage of face masks in the market.
                                                      wing        So,  we  can  start  to  make  our  face
                                                      impa        masks  at  home  with  articles  that  are
                                                      ct of       easily  accessible  and  are  readily
                                                       the        available  at  our  respective  homes.
                                                       CO         Articles like old t-shirts and any other
                                                       RO         old cloth can be used to achieve this
                    NA  VIRUS,  the  world  has  seen  a          goal.  This  process  is  very  easy  and
                    quantum  jump  in  the  demand  for           doesn't require any sort of sewing. So
                    surgical  face  masks  and  N95               it  can  be  prepared  by  anyone  very
                    respirators. There has been a sudden          effortlessly.
                                                                  Materials                  required:
                    For preparing face masks at home we           pair  of  scissors,  rubber  tires,  and  a
                    need  old  clean  fabric  or  a  T-shirt,  a   tape                         measure
                    .                                             Procedure:



                     Firstly  we  need  to  put  the  piece  of   attach  two  rubber  ties  to  the  folded
                    fabric  or  t-shirt  on  an  even  surface    piece of fabric about two inches from
                    and start measuring up to 8-9 inches          the two ends. Lastly,
                    from the bottom side. Then, we need           We  will  fold  the  right  side  of  the
                    to cut the fabric from down to up and         folded fabric towards the middle and
                    then across with a pair of scissors. We       again turn the left side of the folded
                    will  then  get  a  rectangular  piece  of    fabric  towards  the  middle.  The  two
                    fabric  that  needs  to  be  folded  twice,   folds should intersect. And now, our
                    once  from  bottom  to  the  middle           face mask is ready to be used.
                    portion,  and  then  again  from  up  to
                    the  middle  part.  Then,  we  need  to
                                                                  Step by step process to wear a face
                                                                  mask:
                    Before wearing a face mask we need            wash     or    alcohol-based      hand
                    to wash our hands properly with hand          rub(ABHR) for        about      twenty







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