Czech toys don masks to help medics tackle coronavirus


  • World
  • Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020

An employee shows toy figurines with face masks on a production line at the Efko-karton company as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Nove Veseli, Czech Republic, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny

NOVE VESELI, Czech Republic (Reuters) - A popular line of toy figures in the Czech Republic have begun wearing face masks along with the rest of the country to raise funds to buy equipment for medical staff fighting the novel coronavirus.

Toymaker Efko began equipping its small plastic Igracek figurines - which are similar to Lego or Playmobil - with masks in March.

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