Is This the World's Most Expensive Coronavirus Face Mask?

A billionaire in China at a cost of 1.5 million ordered to make the world's most expensive mask. The Yvel company declined to identify the buyer, but said he was a Chinese businessman living in the United States. 

According to a foreign news agency, a billionaire from the Chinese city of Shanghai has ordered the Israeli jewelry company to make the world's most expensive and rare mask to protect against the Corona virus, which is made of 250 grams of 18 carat gold. It will also have diamonds attached to it.

The jeweler says it was commissioned by a Chinese businessman living in the U.S. He's paying $1.5 million dollars for the mask.

Designer and owner at Yvel, Isaac Levy, says the man who requested the mask had three conditions.

The mask must meet US Federal Drug Authority and European standards, the mask must be delivered by December 31, and the third condition, which was the easiest to fulfill, is that the mask be the most expensive mask in the world.

"Personally, I would not walk with a mask like this," says Levy. "I think that we all should wear the same regular N95 mask. Money maybe doesn't buy everything, but if it can buy a very expensive COVID-19 mask and the guy wants to wear it and walk around and get the attention, he should be happy with that. I am happy that this mask gave us enough work for our employees to be able to provide them jobs in very challenging times like these times right now."

Another designer at Yvel says he's never seen anything like the mask. Bezalel Cooper says, "Setting this many diamonds is a little bit stressful, but we'll get by."

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