Apple has started designing and producing face shields for health workers, CEO Tim Cook revealed on early Monday. The Cupertino, California-based company is set to produce over a million face shields through its facilities per week. Alongside producing face shields, Apple is sourcing masks through its supply chain to support medical staff working to fight the coronavirus spread. The initial efforts by the iPhone maker are limited to the US market, however, Cook did suggest that there are plans to go beyond the US.
“We’ve launched a company-wide effort, bringing together product designers, engineering, operations, and packaging teams, and our suppliers, to design, produce, and ship face shields for health workers,” Cook said in the video tweeted through his official account.
He mentioned that the first shipment of face shields manufactured by Apple was delivered to Kaiser hospital facilities in the Santa Clara Valley last week. The manufacturing process and the materials for the shields are sourced from both the US and China.
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