31 March 2020, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale): A 3D printer produces frames for filter inserts of face masks, while Rene Braun, workshop manager, inspects a prototype of the mask from the printer in the plastics workshop of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. The masks are to be made available free of charge after acceptance by the disaster control of the city of Halle. Currently, up to 20 pieces per day could be printed with the thermoplastic material. This number is to be increased even further. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

31 March 2020, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale): A 3D printer produces frames for filter inserts of face masks, while Rene Braun, workshop manager, inspects a prototype of the mask from the printer in the plastics workshop of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. The masks are to be made available free of charge after acceptance by the disaster control of the city of Halle. Currently, up to 20 pieces per day could be printed with the thermoplastic material. This number is to be increased even further. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

26 March 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Freiburg: A 3D printer produces a holder for a face shield. The University Hospital of Freiburg is currently producing its own holders which, in combination with a commercially available overhead film, can be used as face protection. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A face mask, made from production materials of a mattress, in its finished form at the foam manufacturer Wegerich in production. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, it uses a special fleece, which lies around in rolls in the company and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: Mouth masks, made from production materials of a mattress, lie on a table in the production of the foam manufacturer Wegerich. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, they use a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: Mouth masks, made from production materials of a mattress, lie on a table in the production of the foam manufacturer Wegerich. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging, they use a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa

23 March 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: A seamstress of the mattress and foam manufacturer Wegerich, sews mouthguards in the production of the company. Actually the company produces mattresses for mobile homes and care beds. As packaging she uses a special fleece, which lies around the company in rolls and of which surgical masks are also made. Together with a nursing service, Wegerich has developed a protective mask based on this model. (to dpa: protective masks made by the company itself: "A sign of solidarity") Photo: Daniel Karmann//dpa