A young woman wears a mask (illustration photo) - NICOLAS MESSYASZ / SIPA

Apple has designed masks that cover the entire face, intended for hospital staff. The brand will be able to produce a million a week from the end of the week, announced on Sunday the group's CEO Tim Cook on Twitter.

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

- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 5, 2020

The Apple boss explains that these transparent plastic masks were developed by the group's “product designers, engineering and packaging teams, and (suppliers)”. These masks will initially be intended for the United States. They will be produced there, as well as in China.

Twenty million masks

In his message, Tim Cook also said that Apple has been able to obtain 20 million surgical masks from suppliers around the world. The designer of computers and telephones thus joins the cohort of companies that have modified their production lines to respond to the shortage of masks, such as the flagships of Italian luxury Prada and Lamborghini. Still in Italy, Giorgio Armani now produces protective suits.

In Spain, Renault engineers designed visors and masks which were then manufactured on the 3D printers available in immobilized factories. As for the American automaker General Motors (GM), President Donald Trump has ordered him to produce artificial respirators.

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