EghtesadOnline: Domestic manufacturers are now producing 6.5 million facemasks per day in line with efforts to meet the surging market demand driven by the spread of the novel coronavirus, a deputy industries minister said.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has prohibited exports of facemasks, less than a week after it gave the green light to manufacturers to ship their surplus output to the foreign markets.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said government offices and the public transport system are to reject customers and passengers not wearing face coverings starting Sunday, when a nationwide mandatory facemask policy comes into force to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

EghtesadOnline: Anew three-layer facemask production factory has been inaugurated in Piranshahr County of West Azarbaijan Province.

EghtesadOnline: The biggest facemask production unit in Southwest Asia was inaugurated in Alborz Province, ISNA reported on Tuesday.