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

These are the creative solutions people came up with to protect themselves from COVID-19

Published: March 24, 2020 11:59 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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200324 woman — 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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200324 philippines — 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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Copy of 653011-01-08-1585036531970 — 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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200324 hong kong — 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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Copy of 700223-01-08-1585036563749 — 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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200324 makeshift — 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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Copy of 652972-01-08-1585036526980 — A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made of recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 715586-01-08-1585036555983 — A man protect his face with a plastic bag as he walks in the street in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 700339-01-08-1585036567984 — 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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Copy of 686858-01-08-1585036542715 — 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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f23d48a2-b308-44a9-b84b-7b9629b04196 — 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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Copy of 653013-01-08-1585036536263 — 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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Copy of 686620-01-08-1585036548365 — 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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Copy of 653012-01-08-1585036534231 — A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made with recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 713840-01-08-1585036551501 — 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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Copy of 652924-01-08-1585036524564 — A colombian students use masks made with recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 689597-01-08-1585036540162 — 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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Copy of 652974-01-08-1585036529511 — A Colombian student poses for a picture wearing a face mask made of recyclable and biodegradable materials. Image Credit: AFP

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200324 woman — 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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Copy of 700208-01-08-1585036559359 — 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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