"Please use a food mask."

While the number of corona19 confirmed patients in Japan is increasing day by day, a restaurant company suggested an unusual way to eat while wearing a mask, but they laughed that the effectiveness was questioned.

Saigeria, a Japanese family restaurant company, produced a video on YouTube (https://youtu.be) showing how to eat food while wearing a mask using a mask worn by customers who come to eat and a paper napkin placed in the store. /IebwbtGUti0) released on the 7th.

It is a method of wearing the mask by folding it in half while placing the mask on the napkin.

This way, the mask folded in half covers the nose but not the mouth, and the napkin in front of the mask is draped like a blind, covering the mouth.

With your head slightly bowed forward, the napkin stretches vertically, creating a space between your mouth and the napkin.

The idea is to use this gap to scoop food into your mouth or drink a drink from a glass.

When I watched the demonstration, the napkin got stuck in my mouth and I had to drink a drink while holding the napkin with my hand.

Also, because the napkin is thin, I wonder how much it will have the effect of blocking splashes.

Saigeria's side blocked the comment feature of the video, but the related article was quite cynical.

Netizens said, "I'll eat at home if I do this way", "I'm not forced to do this? If I'm forced to do it, I will never go to (Sygeria)", "The spoon touches the mask. It's impossible." "The droplets) fly away."

There was also a response saying, "It's cool. This mask saves Japan"

Despite the rapid spread of Corona 19, the food service industry is trying to come up with self-rescue measures while the Japanese government does not declare an emergency and maintains a sane stance that both quarantine and economic activity are active at the same time.

According to Reuters, in Ginza, a representative commercial district in Tokyo, a club-style tavern where female employees entertain guests with acrylic barriers has appeared.

Some restaurants use tables as single seats or have barriers to prevent splashing between the facing seats. 

(Photo = Cygeria YouTube capture, Yonhap News)