Australia’s embrace of face masks uncovers entrepreneurial spirit

For years, Haruka Nishiyama – a self-employed artist in Melbourne, Australia – made her living selling handcrafted items of clothing, jewellery and bags. These days, Nishiyama, who is originally from Japan, can hardly keep up with orders for reusable face masks that are suddenly in high demand to help stop the spread of Covid-19.“I would rather make something people need, and I thought masks with my colourful style would be uplifting and help people to cheer up,” said Nishiyama, who moved to…

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