Taiwan to ramp up production of surgical masks to over 12 million per day by mid-March to battle Wuhan coronavirus

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/02/27
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As panic buying of face masks continues to grip Taiwan over the Wuhan coronavirus, Taiwan's authorities on Thursday (Feb. 27) announced that production of masks should ramp up to over 12 million by mid-March.

Ho Chin-tsang (何晉滄), director-general of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' (MOEA's) Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), said on Thursday at a press conference that the daily production of surgical face masks stands at 6.2 million. As 60 new production lines go into full operation on March 9, this number should leap to 10 million per day, reported CNA.
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