Indian businessman Shankar Kurhade spends about US $ 4,000 on a yellow mask specifically reserved for nCoV.

"It's a thin mask, with small air vents that help me breathe," said Kurhade, a businessman who lives in Pune, western India, today, adding that the mask weighs 60 g and

"I'm not sure if the mask will work against nCoV, but I still take other precautions," the 49-year-old said.

In addition to masks, Kurhade also likes to wear many gold objects when going out, including bracelets, necklaces, and rings on each right finger.

"People wanted me to take pictures with them. They were amazed to see me wearing a yellow mask in the market," Kurhade said.

The Indian government has mandated the wearing of a mask when in public in the context of more than 651,000 cases of infection and nearly 19,000 deaths, making it the fourth largest epidemic in the world.

The epidemic situation is getting more serious in the west and the south, where heavy monsoon rains are happening.