China Overseas Chinese Network, April 10, according to Canada's "Sing Tao Daily" reported that an 80-year-old Chinese couple in the eastern part of Toronto worked 10 hours a day during the epidemic in order to sew masks for others, hoping to reduce the spread of the virus.
Jeannie Chan, 77, has worked in the workshop for 10 hours a day to sew masks for others in the past 10 days; she said: "Sometimes I will cry because I hear that many doctors and nurses will die and they all have their own families. ".
Chan owns a shop east of Gerrard Street in the eastern part of Toronto; she said: "This is very sad." Chan's 81-year-old husband Pak Soon, who is responsible for cutting masks; Soon said: "The two like to work and help others fight new crown pneumonia ". So far, 2 people have sewn about 300 masks.
Chan saw that his long-term client Linda Ing-Gilbert wanted a mask, and then saw the local hospital's demand for homemade masks, and so he decided to produce his own masks.
According to the recommendations of public health officials, Chan has not been out for several weeks, so Ing-Gilbert took the mask himself and sent Chan ’s stitched mask to the hospital, long-term care facility and air ambulance team. Ing-Gilbert said that in the current challenging times, any small things will have a major impact.
Canadian public health officials have recently stated that the use of non-medical masks may be one of the additional ways to protect others from viruses.
Chan said that every day strives to produce the best masks. The masks currently sewn are more close to people's faces. She said: "I feel very happy."