Workers make masks at a factory in Zhangpu County, southeast China’s Fujian Province. Photo: Xinhua
- China is currently capable of producing 20 million masks per day, but it is experiencing a severe shortage caused by the coronavirus
- Beijing has halted exports of raw materials and equipment used to make masks, and ramped up oversight of supply
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Coronavirus outbreak
Updated: 9:19am, 6 Feb, 2020