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Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory

Prisoners in Taiwan have been called up to help combat the coronavirus and are working overtime to churn out protective face masks. [AFP]

Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to churn out face masks and help ward off the new coronavirus.

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