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Possible Opportunities in Face Mask Manufacturing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study From India

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  • Debesh Mishra

    (SAGE University, Bhopal, India)

  • Hullash Chauhan

    (KIIT University (Deemed), India)

  • Dinesh Kumar Mishra

    (Raajdhani Engineering College, Bhubaneswar, India)

  • Suchismita Satapathy

    (KIIT University (Deemed), India)

Abstract

COVID-19 has been primarily regarded as a respiratory disease, and until a safer and effective treatment or vaccine becomes available, the prevention of COVID-19 may continue through interventions based on non-pharmaceutical measures such as maintaining of physical distances and use of personal protective equipment like facemasks, etc. Therefore, an attempt was made in this study to explore the drawbacks with the presently available facemasks for protection from COVID-19 viruses in the state of Odisha in India, and also to explore the possible opportunities for further development of these facemasks. The associated discomforts; strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of existing facemasks in Odisha; possible opportunities for “Make in India” of these facemasks; along with safer use have been analyzed with the help of interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach followed by MICMAC analysis.

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  • Debesh Mishra & Hullash Chauhan & Dinesh Kumar Mishra & Suchismita Satapathy, 2022. "Possible Opportunities in Face Mask Manufacturing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study From India," International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), IGI Global, vol. 14(2), pages 92-113, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jskd00:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:92-113
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