Luz Briceño from Chile left fashion design a few years ago and began research on how to produce fabrics that feature antibacterial properties, in order to manufacture them using copper.

Top designer made face masks with copper nanoparticles.

Copper, the antiviral that could help to stand up against Covid-19.

''Copper's benefits from being antimicrobial and there are many studies around showing that a microorganism or respiratory virus dies in four hours when on top of a copper surface.''