Fashionable face masks in South Africa gain popularity

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Fashionable face masks in South Africa gain popularity

STORY: Fashionable face masks in South Africa gain popularity DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of the face masksSOUNDBITE (English): ANDREW KING, Johannesburg-based entrepreneur STORYLINE: Wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is common. Johannesburg-based entrepreneur Andrew King has created an alternative mask that is fashionable while providing wear with a certain level of protection. SOUNDBITE (English): ANDREW KING, Johannesburg-based entrepreneur "I am not a tattoo artist but I have a very vivid imagination. I did a live sketch, and just simply WhatsApp that sketch to our artist, who draws for us, and she came up with this design, and that design there, incorporated the tops, there was enough information to make the designer make the tops you see in front of you. It's a very simple concept of design. We had to base on practicalities and convenience. So, practicality is when the mask is up, people can turn the

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