In a video posted on Twitter over the weekend, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, revealed that the company has sourced more than 20 million face masks for healthcare workers through its global supply chain. The company had earlier donated more than 6 million N95 masks to healthcare professionals in the US and sourced around 10 million masks in all for the medical community in the country.
Apple is dedicated to supporting the worldwide response to COVID-19. We’ve now sourced over 20M masks through our supply chain. Our design, engineering, operations and packaging teams are also working with suppliers to design, produce and ship face shields for medical workers. pic.twitter.com/3xRqNgMThX
Cook further said that Apple is coordinating with medical professionals and government officials across the US to get these face shields to COVID-19 hotspots in the country, and added that the company is hoping to expand distribution of the custom-designed PPE (personal protective equipment) beyond the US in the coming days.
