As the virus spreads, face mask makers go into overdrive

Most of the world’s face masks are made in China and Taiwan. But factories there, including ones run by Medicom, have been forced to temporarily halt exports to comply with government demands to reserve them for frantic residents in those countries. (Liz Alderman/The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/coronavirus-face-masks.html