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Pandemic’s Another Face – Disposable Masks Spark Surge in Global Ocean Pollution

These shocking images show the devastating impact throwaway facemasks are having on the health of our oceans after washing up among coral reefs in a diver's paradise.

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a surge in pollution, adding to the glut of plastic waste that is already threatening marine life with masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged gloves scattered across seabeds.

Winner in fighting coronavirus: A country of 97 million has 300 infected, no dead

No deaths have been reported in this country.
A month has passed since the last transmission of the virus, so the authorities made the decision to open the country. Experts say that Vietnam avoided the catastrophe by reacting in time, reports Jutarnji hr.

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