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Forget about face masks, engineers from Colombia have designed a special helmet similar to those used by astronauts to work as a protection bubble against the coronavirus infection.

The futuristic headgear is intended for use by people who are most vulnerable and who “really live their daily lives with a lot of risk” of getting sick, aeronautical engineer, Andres Felipe Giraldo, told RT’s Ruptly video agency.

Yet, according to the helmet’s co-creator, Ricardo Andres Conde, it will also fit “anyone who wants to protect him or herself” from the disease, which has already infected around 296,000 and killed over 10,000 people in Colombia.