Chinese automaker becomes world's largest producer of face masks

Chinese automaker BYD Co. has said y are w world's largest producer of face masks. According to reports, company's Shenzen facility is producing over five million face masks every day with ar 3,00,000 bottles of sanitisers. Chinese company started producing face masks last month when Coronavirus outbreak was at its peak in country. 

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As per reports, BYD Co. built production lines using 90 percent in-house components after founder Wang Chuanfu hired 3,000 engineers to work on project. company has t yet clarified to media as to what of face masks it is producing in its facility. However, demand for face masks and hand sanitisers skyrocketed in China and around world after dely virus outbreak was declared an epidemic, furr becoming a pandemic. 

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According to National Development and Reform Commission, China increased its production of face masks to 54.8 million units a day. country is biggest producers of face masks. BYD Co. that started as a battery maker for smartphones in 1995, moved into making hybrid cars and or components.

company started producing masks after outbreak became severe to help authorities cope up with demand. iPhone assembler Foxconn along with few or companies also started producing masks in wake of increasing Coronavirus cases. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 10,000 lives across world and has infected nearly 2,45,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

Italy, Iran and Spain are most affected countries outside mainland China, where, as of March 17 combined death toll stands at 5,520. Italy has w surpassed China to record most number of deaths in world due to virus outbreak.

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