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Yemeni women make face masks at a textile factory in the capital Sanaa on March 16, 2020. More than a decade after it shut down, 20 women have brought back to life Yemen's oldest industrial factory to manufacture what could save many lives amid a global pandemic: masks. Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP
March 19th, 2020 - 06:58 GMT

Women Revive Old Yemeni Factory to Produce Facemasks

More than a decade after it closed, 20 Yemeni women have revived the war-torn country's oldest factory to make face masks in anticipation of an outbreak of the new coronavirus. The situation is especially fraught because Yemen's health system has all but collapsed following years of conflict. In the factory in the capital Sanaa, rows of desks line a cavernous hall with women in black niqab and white gloves hunched ...
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