Sligo fashion designer turns talents to face masks in New York

As Covid-19 courses its way across the United States, killing thousands, overwhelming hospitals and upending daily life, authorities has pinned one of its strategies on combatting the spread of the virus on a simple device: the face mask.
Sligo fashion designer turns talents to face masks in New York

Sligo-born designer Áine Hanson, now based in New York and making facemasks to assist with the state's Covid-19 crisis.
Sligo-born designer Áine Hanson, now based in New York and making facemasks to assist with the state's Covid-19 crisis.

As Covid-19 courses its way across the United States, killing thousands, overwhelming hospitals and upending daily life, authorities has pinned one of its strategies on combatting the spread of the virus on a simple device: the face mask.

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