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Vigo (Spain) May 19 (EFE).- The use of masks prevents deaf people being able to communicate. In a bid to avoid the problem a group of volunteers from the Val Miñor area (Pontevedra, Spain) is making masks using transparent plastic.FOOTAGE OF VOLUNTEERS MAKING TRANSPARENT MASKS.
Yongyakarta, May 14 (EFE/EPA).- Transparent masks are the solution found by Indonesia's Dwi Rahayu to help the deaf communicate by lip reading, without having to risk exposure to the novel coronavirus.Dwi, who is deaf and used to work as a seamstress, told EFE that she realized the problems masks posed when she went to a hospital and had trouble communicating with doctors because she couldn't read their lips.FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PRODUCTION OF MASKS FOR DEAF PEOPLE. SOUNDBITES: DWI RAHAYU (IN SIGN LANGUAGE) (00:00:38-00:00:57) "I went to the hospital for a medical consultation, but the doctors did not want to remove their masks. I had difficulties with that, so I had the idea of making a transparent mask."(00:01:19-00:01:32)"My deaf friends are happy because it helps them communicate despite wearing masks."(00:01:53-00:02:08)"My hope is that medical workers and the general public will start wearing them as well, not just for the deaf. I hope the use of these masks grants me some government help too."(00:02:52-00:03:12)"Right now, there is no government support. We initiated this ourselves. Perhaps because they are unaware of these masks."
In Barcelona people are out and about on Christmas Eve as mask wearing outdoors becomes compulsory in a bid to curb a growing wave of Covid-19 infections in the country. IMAGES
Montevideo (Uruguay), Oct 4 (EFE) (Camera: Alejandro Prieto) .- Raising a legal shield against the "cultural genocide" that the demolition of old houses unleashes in Uruguay is the goal of the Lala Law, a striking proposal promoted by the artist Martín Tailor on their social networks.FOOTAGE OF DEMOLITION OF OLD HOUSES IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
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