The Australian mask-makers working through the night as people are urged to cover up

With Melbourne residents ordered to cover their faces due to a surge in coronavirus cases, and others advised to, small businesses are working around the clock to meet rising demand.

Singer Claire Lyon's masks. Source: SBS

Amy and Marianne Buckley are more than mother and daughter - they’re a manufacturing team.

The pair run a children’s clothing business from a workshop in the garden of their home in the Melbourne suburb of Preston. During stage four lockdown, they’ve also been burning the midnight oil to make face masks.

 Read the full story in English here.

Marianne Buckley makes masks at home in Melbourne.

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