Carlton jeweller Clara Carija started making free cloth masks for front-line workers at the start of the pandemic. 'I am going to be sewing like mad, I have put on pause any jewellery making for now,' she said
The state government's new directive for people to wear masks where possible when out in public has prompted a massive spike in demand for both cloth and surgical masks.
A day after urging millions of Victorians to don masks, Premier Daniel Andrews said it was "almost certain" they would be part of the state government's long-term coronavirus response.Getty Images Independent designers and online retailers were also flooded with mask orders via Facebook and Instagram pages and Etsy stores.
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