Pretty safe: A woman showing a face mask she made in a workshop in Bangkok. — Reuters
Health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks.
Thailand, which has reported a total of 70 cases, put surgical masks and sanitisers under its list of controlled goods last month, as the spread of Covid-19 led to shortages in stores.
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