世界最貴口罩標價千萬

$1.5M gold coronavirus mask

世界最貴口罩標價千萬

An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million.

一家以色列珠寶公司正在研發一款據稱是世界上最昂貴的新冠病毒口罩，這款口罩鑲有黃金、鑽石，標價爲150萬美元（約合人民幣1042萬元）。

The 18-karat white gold mask will be decorated with 3,600 white and black diamonds and fitted with top-rated N99 filters at the request of the buyer, said designer Isaac Levy.

Yvel公司老闆兼設計師艾薩克·利維表示，這款18克拉的白金口罩將鑲嵌3600顆白色和黑色鑽石，應買方要求，配有一流的N99過濾器。

Levy, owner of the Yvel company, said the buyer had two other demands: That it be completed by the end of the year, and that it would be the priciest in the world.

利維表示，買家還有另外兩個要求：口罩要在今年年底前完成，而且它必須是世界上最貴的。

That last condition, he said, "was the easiest to fulfill."

他說，最後這個條件“最容易實現”。

He declined to identify the buyer, but said he was a Chinese businessman living in the US.

利維拒絕透露買家的身份，但表示是一名生活在美國的中國商人。

The glitzed-up face mask may lend some pizzazz to the protective gear now mandatory in public spaces in many countries.

許多國家發佈了公共場所須佩戴口罩的強制命令，這款閃閃發光的口罩或將給這種防護裝備增添幾分華麗。

But at 270 grams - nearly 100 times that of a typical surgical mask - it is not likely to be a practical accessory to wear.

但是，製成之後這款口罩重達270克，是普通醫用口罩重量的近100倍，佩戴起來可能不太實用。