Read: Scottish couple hand virus lifeline to the elderly

Published March 17, 2020
Jawad Javed and his wife Asiyah put together coronavirus protection kits to be delivered the vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Central Scotland on March 16, 2020. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / Digital / AFP) — © Andy Buchanan 2020 All Rights Reserved.1/2 212 Battlefield RoadGlasgowG42 9HN07939 215079andybuchanan@me.com
Jawad Javed and his wife Asiyah put together coronavirus protection kits to be delivered the vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Central Scotland on March 16, 2020. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / Digital / AFP) — © Andy Buchanan 2020 All Rights Reserved.1/2 212 Battlefield RoadGlasgowG42 9HN07939 215079andybuchanan@me.com

A grocery store owner and her husband are handing out parcels of hand sanitiser and face masks to the sick and elderly in central Scotland to help protect them against the coronavirus.

Jawad Javed and his wife Asiyah put together coronavirus protection kits to be delivered to vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Central Scotland on March 16, 2020. — AFP
Jawad Javed and his wife Asiyah put together coronavirus protection kits to be delivered to vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Central Scotland on March 16, 2020. — AFP

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