See how people improvise to keep coronavirus at bay, but how effective are the measures?

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A woman wears a plastic water bottle with a cutout to cover her face, as a preventative measure following a virus outbreak, while walking on a footbridge in Hong Kong. Image Credit: AFP

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Several staff members of the St. Jude Family Hospital in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines are using plastic and trash bags as improvised personal protective equipment to guard themselves against COVID-19 after stocks ran out in stores and in their hospital. Image Credit: Twitter/Tes Depano

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A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made with recyclable and biodegradable materials, as a form of protest against the shortage of face masks in pharmacies, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Image Credit: AFP

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A passenger wears a face mask and plastic covers over her clothing and hair, as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, after arriving at Hong Kong’s international airport. Image Credit: AFP

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A passenger wears a face mask and a makeshift plastic visor as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus after arriving at Hong Kongs international airport. Image Credit: AFP

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A man wears a makeshift face mask made from a plastic bottle against the spread of the new coronavirus as he walks along an avenue in downtown in Tegucigalpa. Image Credit: AFP

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A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made of recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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A man protect his face with a plastic bag as he walks in the street in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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A passenger wears a face mask and plastic food bags on her face as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus after landing at Hong Kongs international airport. Image Credit: AFP

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A worker at an information desk wearing protective gear as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus looks on at a nearly empty arrivals area at Beijing Capital Airport. Image Credit: AFP

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A cleaning staff wears protective gear to disinfect a metro carriage as a prevemtive measure against the spreading of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Image Credit: AFP

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A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made with recyclable and biodegradable materials that reads 'If I breathe, it will contaminate me'. Image Credit: AFP

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A street vendor wears a plastic bag as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credit: AFP

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A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made with recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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A woman is seen wearing a mask embellished with petals in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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A colombian students use masks made with recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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A man wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus walks at the Summer Palace in Beijing. Image Credit: AFP

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A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made of recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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A woman wearing a facemask in Phnom Penh amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

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Passengers wear face masks and makeshift plastic visors as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as they speak to the media after arriving at Hong Kongs international airport. Image Credit: AFP

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