The members of Afghanistan’s prize-winning girls' robotics team say they’re on a life-saving mission — to build a breathing machine from used car parts and help their war-stricken country battle the virus. “If we even save one life with our device, we will be proud,” said Farooqi, 17. Farooqi’s mother
KABUL, Afghanistan — On most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teen-age girls pile into her dad’s car and head to a mechanic’s workshop. They use back roads to skirt police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in their city of Herat, one of Afghanistan’s hot spots of the coronavirus pandemic.
Video: Ingenious Ways Companies Are Transforming Objects Into VentilatorsAfghanistan faces the pandemic nearly empty-handed. It has only 400 ventilators for a population of more than 36.6 million. So far, it has reported just over 900 coronavirus cases, including 30 deaths, but the actual number is suspected to be much higher since test kits are in short supply.
So far, Farooqi’s father hasn’t been able to get one, but the girls are in a hurry. “We are concerned about security driving out of the city but there is no other option, we have to try to save people’s lives,” Farooqi said.
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