Las Vegas Doctor Makes Masks And Face Shields Out Of His Home During COVID-19 Pandemic

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 23: UNLV School of Nursing assistant professor Dr. Rhigel Jay Tan (2nd L), a licensed nurse practitioner in psychiatric mental health, poses with members of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) as they donate custom-made face shields he calls "iCareFaceShields" and cloth face masks dubbed "iCareMasks" to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center for health care workers amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 23, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Tan designed the face shields and can make them for about 40 cents each using a piece of polyethylene foam cut from a pool noodle, a sheet of projector transparency film, and an elastic band. He makes the cloth face masks for about USD 1.20. Since he began making them with help from friends, family and the NaFFAA about two weeks ago, Tan has donated more than 450 face shields and 200 masks to Las Vegas-area hospitals and medical facilities. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic on March 11. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)