Anxious Chinese residents, who are unable to purchase a face masks have turned to fruit rinds and plastic bottles helmet to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Organizations have been working overtime to make available to citizens protective masks amid surging demand as reports of the flu soared to about 8,200.

Users of numerous social media platforms are showing people wearing grapefruit skin, water-cooler bottle headgear, and tangerine as face masks. On the other hand, Pranksters have ridiculed the health effect of the alternatives.

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Coming after the Chinese Health Officials warned its citizens not to re-use their protective masks, Videos showing people boiling their masks and hanging them up to dry has equally emerged. 

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Medics warned that such practice greatly lessens the effectiveness of the masks. A Spokeswomen for a Health Commission, the Gansu Province also revealed it’s best to discard after four hours of usage. 

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Currently, over 50million citizens are on lockdown, while an estimated 170 deaths have been recorded. Similarly, provinces, including Guangdong have authorized people to wear masks as well as hand out fines for lawbreakers

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Beijing has, however, sent over 6000 doctors from all across the country to Wuhan and has authorized about 5 coronavirus hospitals to be developed. 

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Summarily, the international developments in Wuhan crisis include: The number of reports has increased to over 8,200 and an estimated 170 people have passed away in China. 

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