Covid-19: University of Limerick to make over 100,000 face visors for HSE front-line staff

A 3D printing and design team at the university created the production capacity for the visors in less than two weeks.

The university is working with local businesses to produce the masks. File picture.

The University of Limerick (UL) will produce over 100,000 face visors for medical staff treating patients during the Covid-19 outbreak.

A research and design unit set about the project after a request from Professor Paul Burke, Chief Academic Officer at UL Hospitals Group and Vice Dean of Health Sciences at UL.