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The most important thing right now is the mask supply. Therefore, the government plans to increase production facilities and make masks on weekends and supply as much as possible, and some factories stop working due to the lack of filters that filter out the virus, which is the key material for masks.

Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam covered the scene.

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It is one mask manufacturing factory in Guangzhou, Gyeonggi-do.

Originally it should be very noisy with the sound of the machine running, but now the machine is completely shut down and quiet.

And the entire production line is covered with vinyl.

The mask filter, which uses static electricity to filter out dust and germs, can no longer be produced.

[Kim Jae-chang / Mask Manufacturer Representative: It should be connected like this. But it's exhausted because it's exhausted.] The company, which has made up to 50,000 masks a day, mainly made masks using Chinese filters, which were hit by the Chinese government's ban on exporting raw materials.

[Kim Jae-chang / Mask Manufacturer Representative: Suddenly, as demand suddenly flocked, was it a start-up company like us? .]

Domestic mask filter production is also unable to keep up with demand, and other mask producers will soon have to shut down.

[A mask manufacturer's representative: It's about 150,000 copies. Starting next week, operations are currently unavailable. (As a filter manufacturer) I do not assign unilaterally.]

In order to increase domestic filter production, it is necessary to introduce additional facilities as soon as possible.

[B mask filter manufacturer: I've only traded five places and now I've expanded to 20 to 30 places. It's going to explode again next week.

Starting tomorrow (6th), the government has announced that it will virtually ban the export of filter, a mask material, and directly engage in production and distribution. It is noteworthy that the mask factory will stop working.

(Video coverage: Kim Nam-sung, Video editing: Park Athlete)