Rasht (IP)- A company in Rasht, Gilan Province, northern Iran, is producing masks in mass scale to address the need for combating coronavirus.

Iran PressIran news: The company produces 8,000 masks per day and sends them to distribution centers.

With the outbreak of the virus, most of the clothing workshops and companies have changed their production line and joining the 'National Mobilization Campaign Against Coronavirus' to produce masks to protect people against the disease.

The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread to every continent except Antarctica as well as every single European country.

The number of diagnosed cases globally has surpassed 300,000 with more than 13000 deaths, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Over 95,000 people with diagnosed cases have recovered.

In Iran, 7635 people have recovered in total since the outbreak of coronavirus and the total number of people diagnosed with the disease has reached 20610 people, out of whom 1556 people died.

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Producing 8,000 masks to combat coronavirus in Rasht, photo by Mostafa Ashouri
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