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Turkey will seize factories of protective mask producers unless they agree to sell those devices to the government or companies, the interior minister has warned. 

"We have been trying to deal with this problem for the past two days," Soylu said in an interview on March 22 broadcast live on social media.

China will send more than 2 million protective masks to the European Union after Europe becomes the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced today by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, quoted by France's press.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Kutsian told Von der Lien in a phone call about sending medical supplies, she announced on Twitter.

Students at Turkey's vocational training schools are joining the country's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by producing protective masks, which have been on high demand since the outbreak.

Face masks and antiseptic liquids and gels, mainly those sold by pharmacies and online stores, are at the focus of complaints about profiteering. The phenomenon of excessive prices observed in recent days not only concerns surgical masks but also welding masks, as even these have been selling like hot cakes.

As the coronavirus outbreak worsens around the world, a Turkish company has made a vending machine to dispense protective face masks and disinfectants in public places.

The machine is ideal for use in crowded public spaces such as subway stations and airports, according to Erdem Dinçsoy, who heads the company Elektral.

About BGN 9 leva will be the price of one mask with a reusable respirator valve on the market. This was reported to bTV by Biser Sharkov, who is the manager of a medical textile company. His company started producing similar masks from yesterday. For a day they could make about 5 thousand masks, and if there is a high demand they can rise the production.

Authorities said they were able to overcome the shortage of this product

China currently produces 116 million medical and other protective masks a day. In a month, production has increased 12-fold, the State Committee on Development and Reforms said today, cited by BTA.

As fears grow over the spread of the coronavirus in Croatia, which is close to badly affected Italy, online traders are profiting from people's anxiety.

On Friday, the health authorities reported two more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the country to five.

The Hellenic Children's Museum will be hosting a workshop on carnival masks for youngsters aged 3-12 and their families on Wednesday, February 26, in the context of a series of events organized by the City of Athens dedicated to Greek Carnival celebrations. Ribbons, buttons, feathers and a range of other decorations will be made available for the children to create their own personal mask.

The union of Greece's state hospital workers, POEDIN, on Friday demanded measures from the government to stop increases in the price of medical masks, which have been in great demand over the past few weeks due to a spike in the seasonal flu and fears over the new coronavirus.