Ugandans melt plastic waste into coronavirus face shields
A gatekeeper at Gulu regional hospital wears a face shield made by local organisation Takataka Plastics to deal with Covid-19 shortages of personal protective equipment, Gulu, Uganda, May 2020. PHOTO | JOHN OKOT | THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
When the Ugandan government ordered all non-essential workplaces shut to contain the coronavirus pandemic in late March, Peter Okwoko and his colleague Paige Balcom kept working.
