Author: Huailiang Wu; Jian Huang; Casper JP Zhang; Zonglin He; Wai-kit Ming
Title: Facemask shortage and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: Reflection on public health measures Document date: 2020_2_12
ID: 6r6zwfoy_9
Snippet: China is the major facemask producer in the world, contributing to 50% of the global production 9 . At the usual time, China can produce 20 million facemasks per day while the productivity during the Chinese New Year holiday was lower (12 million facemasks per day) 13 . However, even full productivity does not seem to meet the need of a population of 1·4 billion in China. Therefore, to control the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government import.....
Document: China is the major facemask producer in the world, contributing to 50% of the global production 9 . At the usual time, China can produce 20 million facemasks per day while the productivity during the Chinese New Year holiday was lower (12 million facemasks per day) 13 . However, even full productivity does not seem to meet the need of a population of 1·4 billion in China. Therefore, to control the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government imported more than 730 million facemasks between 24 Jan 2020 and 11 Feb 2020 13,14 and extended the Chinese New Year holiday to allow for home quarantine and to reduce the need for facemasks and other medical resources. A number of factories also resumed partial productivity during the holiday by paying extra to their workers 15 .
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