Apple Begins Making Millions of Face Shields and Sources 20 Million Face Masks

“Apple announced Sunday it’s launched a companywide effort to design, produce and ship face shields to medical workers battling the coronavirus outbreak,” reports CNET:
The first shipment was delivered this week to a Kaiser facility in the Santa Clara Valley, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a video posted to Twitter. “Teams across Apple have been working hard on ways we can support our heroic front-line medical professionals,” Cook said, explaining that the fully adjustable shields pack flat and can be assembled in two minutes. “The feedback from doctors was very positive.” “We plan to ship over 1 million by the end of this week, and over 1 million per week after that,” he said.
Cook said the company is coordinating with health and government officials across the US to get the shields delivered where they’re needed and hopes to expand distribution beyond the US quickly. “Apple is dedicated to supporting the worldwide response to COVID-19,” Apple’s CEO said on Twitter. “We’ve now sourced over 20M masks through our supply chain.”