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Coronavirus: 98-year-old woman in Punjab's Moga stitches masks for the needy

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Punjab government has made wearing masks mandatory as at least 202 people have been infected with coronavirus in the state Chandigarh: Gurdev Kaur Dhaliwal, 98, wakes up early every day, offers prayers and then spends hours on her sewing machine, which is almost as old as her, stitching face masks for the poor who can't afford them.

The resident of Moga district in Punjab has blurry vision in one eye, but that does not let her energy and vigour down, said her daughter-in-law Amarjit Kaur.

The nonagenarian, who takes help of a walker, wakes up early, offers prayers and then starts making masks on the machine which her in-laws got for her from Singapore over 100 years ago. "Several vegetable sellers in our area were not wearing masks.

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