Yesterday we reported that the maker community called on "the population with 3D printers to prepare materials for the health workforce", announcing that the first products were being produced and placing references, plans, etc. to achieve these objectives as they are acquired.

According to Andoni Imaz in Berria today, the makers, who use 3D printers, have already increased their production in a state of emergency. In the Basque Country, hundreds of people are making face masks for health professionals and respirators for patients who are hospitalized at home. They've formed a network of over a thousand people who exchange blueprints to make their own pieces. In the coming days, some 2,000 copies are expected to be dispatched to the Osakidetza centres.

The technological laboratory of Tabakalera Hirikilabs is printing sanitary visor for workers from their homes, according to the Basque Department of Health.

And it's working around the world on this new boom for thousands of citizens who have been trained in 3D technologies. Recently, Low Technology Magazine has put on its blog several important references for the production of 3D printing respirators, which are vital for the most serious patients.